Changes in Food Supply and Consumption Practices of People in Turkey During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors : Hatice SIÇRAMAZ, Güliz HASKARACA, Yusuf ARSLAN

Pages : 300-312

Doi:10.16984/saufenbilder.999233

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Publication Date : 2022-04-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The COVID-19 pandemic has had social and economic impacts on every country in the world and has caused significant changes in human nutrition. In this study, changes in the food supply chain and consumption practices before and after the controlled normalization of people living in Turkey were examined, with a survey of 1087 people. The results revealed that people focused on a healthier diet during the pandemic. The increase in dietary supplement consumption has not been too high, only 11% of people started to take dietary supplements, but fast food consumption had a sharp fall. The packaging has become more critical. People continued to use take-out services from supermarkets and fast-food restaurants. Although normalization has begun, most of them insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(90%); reduced or did not think about eating out until COVID-19 will over. This study revealed the effects of the pandemic on human nutrition and showed which direction the food supply should go.
Keywords : Pandemics, Coronavirus, Nutritional supplements, Consumption habits