Restaurant dining during the COVID-19 pandemic among adults with low-income in the United States.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic caused widespread non-essential business closures in the U.S., which may have disproportionately impacted food consumption in lower-income communities, in part due to reduced access to healthy and affordable foods, as well as occupations that may have required working outside the home. The aims of this study were to examine restaurant dining behaviors (including drive-through, takeout, and delivery) at fast-food and non-fast-food (i.e., fast casual and full-service ['other']) restaurants and the impact on diet quality among racially/ethnically diverse low-income adults during the early months of the pandemic. Participants completed an online survey using CloudResearch regarding restaurant dining behaviors in the past week (during June 2020) and during a typical week p

SUBMITTER: Cohen JFW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8885442 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature