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VOL. 9, ISSUE 3 (2023)
Impact of Covid-19 outbreak on dietary diversity and food security in rural and urban areas of Durgapur, West Bengal
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Manisha Chatterjee, Aniruddha Samanta, Krishna Agarwal, Sweta Kumari, Neha Roy, Anushka Koner, Richa Singh
Abstract
In 2020, Covid-19 outbreak spread rapidly all over
the world and caused fatal consequences on people’s health. Adequate nutrition
was required to boost the immune system & fight against Covid-19. Therefore,
the knowledge, attitude & practice (KAP) towards Covid-19 prevention are most
essential. The objective of this study is to assess the knowledge, attitude
& practices regarding dietary diversity & food security of people
before & during the Covid-19 outbreak. A cross sectional study was
conducted over a period of three months with a pre tested validated
questionnaire among 360 people of rural & urban areas of Durgapur. It is observed
that 33% of rural people & 22% of urban people have lack of knowledge &
attitudes regarding nutrition. But in practice they changed their food pattern
during covid situation. The consumption of different food groups like pulses
(7%), nuts (6%) & fruits (7%) were increased for urban population whereas
for rural people mainly the consumption of vegetables (5%) were increased
during covid situation in comparison to pre covid situation. As there is a lack
of knowledge & attitudes, so proper nutrition education may potentially
improve the practices to prevent covid-19 & other lifestyle diseases.
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Pages:35-41
How to cite this article:
Manisha Chatterjee, Aniruddha Samanta, Krishna Agarwal, Sweta Kumari, Neha Roy, Anushka Koner, Richa Singh "Impact of Covid-19 outbreak on dietary diversity and food security in rural and urban areas of Durgapur, West Bengal". International Journal of Medical and Health Research, Vol 9, Issue 3, 2023, Pages 35-41
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