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Revista Mexicana de Trastornos Alimentarios

2023, Number 2

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Revista Mexicana de Trastornos Alimentarios 2023; 13 (2)

Food purchasing and preparation patterns by gender during the COVID-19 lockdown in Chilean workers

Orellana L, Schnettler B, Miranda-Zapata E, Teunissen L, Cuykx I, Decorte P, Proesmans V, Vrinten J, Pabian S, Van Royen K, De Backer C

Language: English
References: 29
Page: 156-169
PDF size: 189.82 Kb.


ABSTRACT

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the demands that workers face regarding household food-related tasks, such as grocery shopping and cooking. The literature shows that there are differences in these demands by gender, but also based on other sociodemographic characteristics, such as schooling level. The aim of this study was to compare food purchasing and preparation patterns by gender in Chilean workers, before the COVID-19 lockdown and during the first six weeks of lockdown. The study was cross-sectional, and data was collected for the first wave of a multi-country study in April 2020. The sample was composed of 317 participants who were employed during lockdown (67.8% women, mean age of 38.14). Participants answered sociodemographic questions and reported their food purchasing and preparing practices before and during lockdown. Analysis of comparison of proportions was used. On average, during lockdown, men increased their involvement in grocery shopping while women cooked more. Overall, female workers have turned to food-related tasks more often during the pandemic than male workers. This study shows the extent to which workers have changed their degree of involvement in food-related tasks, accounting for conditions such as gender roles, schooling level and working from home. These findings can inform interventions and policies that reinforce advantageous changes brought on by lockdown measures (e.g., home-cooking) to contribute to workers’ and their families’ food-related well-being during and in the aftermath of the pandemic.


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