P033 Changes in Eating Habits Among Eating Competent and Non-Eating Competent College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recent quantitative studies have illuminated dietary- and lifestyle-related changes that students experienced during global coronavirus lockdowns. Limited qualitative research on the US undergraduate student population has been published on this topic.

Objective

The study aimed to describe eating-related behavior changes reported by US undergraduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a secondary aim, this study described behavior changes among students who were and were not Eating Competent (EC).

Study Design, Setting, Participants

This was a secondary analysis of data collected from an online survey administered from October through December 2020 to students at a major northwestern public university. The original survey consisted of previously

SUBMITTER: Dearden J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9260001 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature