Table 5 Dietary information in all subjects.

From: Effects of home quarantine during COVID-19 lockdown on physical activity and dietary habits of adults in Saudi Arabia

Dietary information

Before

During

p value

Never

Hardly

Sometime

Often

Always

Never

Hardly

Sometime

Often

Always

Interest in healthy diet

43 (2.2)

203 (10.3)

312 (15.9)

680 (34.6)

727 (37.0)

61 (3.1)*

169 (8.6)*

332 (16.9)

754 (38.4)**

649 (33.0)**

< 0.001

Consumption of…

           

Fast food

30 (1.5)

119 (6.1)

263 (13.4)

452 (23.0)

1101 (56.0)

72 (3.7)**

110 (5.6)

265 (13.5)

478 (24.3)

1040 (52.9)**

< 0.001

Coffee from coffee shops

56 (2.8)

128 (6.5)

301 (15.3)

702 (35.7)

778 (39.6)

65 (3.3)

132 (6.7)

318 (16.2)

750 (38.2)*

700 (35.6)**

< 0.001

Snacks between meals

181 (9.2)

603 (30.7)

395 (20.1)

539 (27.4)

247 (12.6)

188 (9.6)

535 (27.2)

432 (22.0)**

578 (29.4)

232 (11.8)

0.007

Homemade food

238 (12.1)

644 (32.8)

423 (21.5)

395 (20.1)

265 (13.5)

329 (16.7)**

612 (31.1)

403 (20.5)

378 (19.2)

243 (12.4)*

< 0.001

Fresh fruits and vegetables

47 (2.4)

231 (11.8)

390 (19.8)

777 (39.5)

520 (26.5)

73 (3.7)**

223 (11.3)

391 (19.9)

784 (39.9)

494 (25.1)

0.019

  1. Data presented n (%).
  2. * and ** represented p value significant at < 0.05 and 0.01 level using Cochran’s Q test and McNemar’s test.