Food safety knowledge, attitudes, and eating behavior in the advent of the global coronavirus pandemic.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationships of food safety knowledge, attitude and eating behavior of consumers during national lockdowns in the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 157 respondents completed the online survey using a structured questionnaire worldwide. Overa...
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| description | The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationships of food safety knowledge, attitude and eating behavior of consumers during national lockdowns in the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 157 respondents completed the online survey using a structured questionnaire worldwide. Overall, the respondents exhibited good attitude and good knowledge towards public health including food safety especially on the importance of social distancing, mask wearing, well-balanced diet, physical exercise and personal hygiene, such as hand washing during the pandemic lockdowns. A Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to test the relationships among food safety knowledge, attitude and behavior under the pandemic conditions. Results showed that attitude towards food safety under the coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns positively affected the eating behavior of the respondents, which exhibited a high β (0.686) among the variables tested (p<0.05). Food safety knowledge was apparently not affected by the food safety behavior of the respondents. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e4aed9d0d0214d6cbcd9cbb8cebeddf82022-12-21T19:44:33ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032021-01-011612e026183210.1371/journal.pone.0261832Food safety knowledge, attitudes, and eating behavior in the advent of the global coronavirus pandemic.Zhe LiuAnthony N MutukumiraCong ShenThe objective of this study was to evaluate the relationships of food safety knowledge, attitude and eating behavior of consumers during national lockdowns in the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 157 respondents completed the online survey using a structured questionnaire worldwide. Overall, the respondents exhibited good attitude and good knowledge towards public health including food safety especially on the importance of social distancing, mask wearing, well-balanced diet, physical exercise and personal hygiene, such as hand washing during the pandemic lockdowns. A Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to test the relationships among food safety knowledge, attitude and behavior under the pandemic conditions. Results showed that attitude towards food safety under the coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns positively affected the eating behavior of the respondents, which exhibited a high β (0.686) among the variables tested (p<0.05). Food safety knowledge was apparently not affected by the food safety behavior of the respondents.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261832 |
| spellingShingle | Zhe Liu Anthony N Mutukumira Cong Shen Food safety knowledge, attitudes, and eating behavior in the advent of the global coronavirus pandemic. PLoS ONE |
| title | Food safety knowledge, attitudes, and eating behavior in the advent of the global coronavirus pandemic. |
| title_full | Food safety knowledge, attitudes, and eating behavior in the advent of the global coronavirus pandemic. |
| title_fullStr | Food safety knowledge, attitudes, and eating behavior in the advent of the global coronavirus pandemic. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Food safety knowledge, attitudes, and eating behavior in the advent of the global coronavirus pandemic. |
| title_short | Food safety knowledge, attitudes, and eating behavior in the advent of the global coronavirus pandemic. |
| title_sort | food safety knowledge attitudes and eating behavior in the advent of the global coronavirus pandemic |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261832 |
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