Table 2

- Study participants dietary habits and behaviors, food shopping and consumption pattern, and lifestyle behaviors during and after the COVID-19 quarantine (N=476).

BehaviorTimeMeanStd. deviationT-TestP-value
How often do you commit to eating 3 main meals and 2 snacks?During2.071.464-0.7160.475
After2.111.442
How often do you eat fast food such as pizza, burgers as daily main meals?During2.060.997-3.4970.001**
After2.210.891
How often do you eat french fries?During2.040.893-0.5610.575
After2.060.862
How often do you eat snacks (such as popcorn, chips, and so on)During2.431.1835.4440.000**
After2.181.080
How often do you eat fruits and vegetables?During2.841.2161.0610.289
After2.801.234
How often do you eat healthy foods (eggs, whole wheat, nuts, fruits and vegetables) in your daily meals?During2.841.374-1.1470.252
After2.881.386
How often do you have 2-3 servings of milk or its products (such as laban, yoghurt, and cheese)During2.931.3190.5070.613
After2.921.318
How often do you eat one or more servings of units of eggs or meat per dayDuring3.141.1860.2580.797
After3.131.203
How many spoons of sugar do you add to foods and drinks per day?During2.060.9303.9130.000**
After1.950.888
How often do you soft or sweetened beverages (juices, sodas, energy drinks, so on)?During2.311.2911.410.159
After2.261.258
How often do you eat pastries (cakes, donuts, bites, pastries, sweets, chocolate, and so on)?During2.681.2114.7940.000**
After2.471.080
How often do you eat fast food because of boredom, distress and the desire to eat without hunger?During2.131.1602.9970.003**
After1.991.016
How often do you do 30 minutes of physical activity per week (such as walking, cycling, dancing, so on)?During2.201.288-2.5140.012*
After2.341.282
How often do you contribute in (cooking, laundry, or cleaning) at home?During3.121.5272.6910.007**
After3.011.562
How often do you contribute to daily activities such as (shopping grocery, neighborhood walk?During2.211.209-5.3640.000**
After2.451.177
How many hours is your daily time sitting at work?During2.901.756-5.5050.000**
After3.211.752
How many times do you break while working during office hours (rest time 10 minutes)?During2.501.310-1.520.129
After2.561.224
How many hours do you spend daily watching television or mobile phone for social media or playing video games?During3.280.9188.2610.000**
After3.010.962
How many hours do you sleep daily?During2.030.6815.7090.000**
After1.860.642
Is there any change in your quality of sleep?During2.461.080-5.8050.000**
After2.741.088
How many times do you feel stress or anxiety in a day?During2.741.116-0.4240.671
After2.761.106
Do you smoke cigarettes, shisha or almuasal or electronic cigarettes?During1.230.667-0.1430.887
After1.230.665
Do you received any help to maintain a healthy lifestyle from family and friends?During3.051.3531.2610.208
After3.011.342
  • ** Significant at 0.01, *Significant at 0.05, NS: not significant (p>0.05), Std: standard