Investigation of Individuals' Eating Attitudes during the Novel Coronavirus (Covid- 19) Day

Abstract

In addition to complying with social distance and hygiene rules, balanced nutrition of individuals has gained vital importance in the field of protecting their health during the coronavirus outbreak. In this context, investigate the attitudes of individuals eating habits in Turkey has been the main purpose of this study during the coronavirus pandemic days. Also, determining whether individuals' eating attitudes differ according to demographic characteristics is another aim of the research. The study population consists of individuals to reside in Turkey. Sampling was preferred due to the individual's workload, time constraints and similar reasons. The convenience sampling method was chosen in the study, online survey is designed in order to provide ease of reaching out to the different provinces of Turkey. In this context, 546 valid surveys were reached between July and August 2020. In addition, IBM SPSS version 23 was used in this study for demographic findings, descriptive findings regarding the scale used, and confirmatory factor analysis of the scale and analysis of differences. Analyzes have shown that the eating attitudes of the majority of the individuals participating in the study during the days of coronavirus tend to eat emotionally because of negative emotions such as loneliness, stress and morale. In addition, it was determined that the gender, marital status, age, income levels and professions of individuals during the coronavirus pandemic had an effect on their eating attitudes, while educational status did not have an effect on eating attitudes.