Dietary Changes of Youth during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has taken the lives of millions and disrupted countless more worldwide. Simply living through the pandemic has had drastic effects on the health of citizens. Diet, an important aspect of health, has been uniquely affected by the pandemic, although these changes have not been sufficiently studied among youth.

Objectives

The objective of this systematic review was to investigate dietary changes of youth during COVID-19.

Methods

A prespecified literature review was conducted using MEDLINE, EMBASE, Scopus, and CINAHL to identify studies from January 2020 to May 2023 that assessed dietary changes among youth aged ≤20 y compared with before the pandemic. Only quantitative observational studies that were published i

SUBMITTER: Woods N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11007747 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature