DIET BEHAVIOR DURING COVID-19 PERIOD THE ENFORCEMENT OF COMMUNITY ACTIVITY RESTRICTIONS

Abstract

The impact of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) has affected the lifestyles of all people in the world, especially the food consumption patterns of various age groups. However, in the protracted Covid-19 pandemic, the implementation of restrictions on community activities (PPKM) was implemented which resulted in changes in certain dietary behavior to overcome covid-19. This study aims to analyze dietary behavior during covid-19 during PPKM. This type of research is an analytic survey with a cross sectional design. Respondents aged 18 years and over as the population and samples taken by accidental sampling were 493 participants. Data were collected using research questionnaires and data analysis by independent t-test or ANOVA analysis. The results obtained that most of the participants self-reported that they had recently reduced eating out and the proportion of people who chose to use supplements to prevent covid- 19 had increased substantially during PPKM by 275 (55,8%), less than half of the participants took recommended dietary behaviors, including individual food portions and participants who followed these behaviors had better dietary diversity. In conclusion, during the PPKM period, participants still followed certain dietary behaviors to overcome covid-19. While some dietary behaviors are adopted to help prevent transmission, such as avoiding eating together and taking multivitamins.