TY - JOUR
T1 - Sex disparities in food consumption patterns, dietary diversity and determinants of self-reported body weight changes before and amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 10 Arab countries
AU - The Regional Corona Cooking Survey Group
AU - Tayyem, Reema
AU - Ibrahim, Mohammed O.
AU - Mortada, Hussein
AU - Alkhalaf, Majid
AU - Bookari, Khlood
AU - Al Sabbah, Haleama
AU - Qasrawi, Radwan
AU - Kamel, Iman
AU - Dashti, Somaia
AU - Allehdan, Sabika
AU - Bawadi, Hiba
AU - Waly, Mostafa
AU - Abuhijleh, Haya
AU - Hammouh, Fadwa
AU - Al-Awwad, Narmeen
AU - Al-Bayyari, Nahla
AU - Ismail, Leila Cheikh
AU - Al-Halawa, Diala Abu
AU - Othman, Manal
AU - Hoteit, Maha
AU - De Backer, Charlotte
AU - Teunissen, Lauranna
AU - Van Royen, Kathleen
AU - Cuykx, Isabelle
AU - Decorte, Paulien
AU - Ouvrein, Gaëlle
AU - Poels, Karolien
AU - Vandebosch, Heidi
AU - Maldoy, Katrien
AU - Pabian, Sara
AU - Matthys, Christophe
AU - Smits, Tim
AU - Vrinten, Jules
AU - Desmet, Ann
AU - Teughels, Nelleke
AU - Geuens, Maggie
AU - Vermeir, Iris
AU - Proesmans, Viktor
AU - Hudders, Liselot
AU - Al-Mannai, Mariam
AU - Alalwan, Tariq
AU - Naim, Elissa
AU - Mansour, Rania
AU - Yazbeck, Nour
AU - Agha, Hazem
AU - Seir, Rania Abu
AU - Arrish, Jamila
AU - Fallata, Ghadir
AU - Alhumaidan, Omar
AU - Aldhaheri, Ayesha
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by the Research Foundation Flanders (G047518N) and Flanders Innovation and Entrepreneurship (HBC.2018.0397). These funding sources had no role in the design of the study, the analysis and interpretation of the data or the writing, nor the decision to publish the manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2022 Tayyem, Ibrahim, Mortada, AlKhalaf, Bookari, Al Sabbah, Qasrawi, Kamel, Dashti, Allehdan, Bawadi, Waly, Abuhijleh, Hammouh, Al-Awwad, Al-Bayyari, Cheikh Ismail, Abu Al-Halawa, Othman, The Regional CORONA COOKING Survey Group and Hoteit.
PY - 2022/10/28
Y1 - 2022/10/28
N2 - Background: The COVID-19 pandemic along with its confinement period boosted lifestyle modifications and impacted women and men differently which exacerbated existing gender inequalities. The main objective of this paper is to assess the gender-based differentials in food consumption patterns, dietary diversity and the determinants favoring weight change before and amid the COVID-19 pandemic among Arab men and women from 10 Arab countries. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted based on a convenience sample of 12,447 households' family members (mean age: 33.2 ± 12.9; 50.1% females) and information from participants aged 18 years and above was collected about periods before and during the pandemic. Results: Findings showed that, during the COVID-19 period, the dietary diversity, declined by 1.9% among females compared to males (0.4%) (p < 0.001) and by 1.5% among overweight participants (p < 0.001) compared to their counterparts. Conclusions: To conclude, gender-sensitive strategies and policies to address weight gain and dietary diversity during emergent shocks and pandemics are urgently needed in the region.
AB - Background: The COVID-19 pandemic along with its confinement period boosted lifestyle modifications and impacted women and men differently which exacerbated existing gender inequalities. The main objective of this paper is to assess the gender-based differentials in food consumption patterns, dietary diversity and the determinants favoring weight change before and amid the COVID-19 pandemic among Arab men and women from 10 Arab countries. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted based on a convenience sample of 12,447 households' family members (mean age: 33.2 ± 12.9; 50.1% females) and information from participants aged 18 years and above was collected about periods before and during the pandemic. Results: Findings showed that, during the COVID-19 period, the dietary diversity, declined by 1.9% among females compared to males (0.4%) (p < 0.001) and by 1.5% among overweight participants (p < 0.001) compared to their counterparts. Conclusions: To conclude, gender-sensitive strategies and policies to address weight gain and dietary diversity during emergent shocks and pandemics are urgently needed in the region.
KW - Arab countries
KW - COVID-19 pandemic
KW - body mass index
KW - dietary diversity
KW - overweight
KW - sex
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U2 - 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1029219
DO - 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1029219
M3 - Article
C2 - 36388291
AN - SCOPUS:85142200034
SN - 2296-2565
VL - 10
JO - Frontiers in Public Health
JF - Frontiers in Public Health
M1 - 1029219
ER -
