Sunita Mishra¹* and Abhishek Yadav²

¹Professor, Department of Food and Nutrition, School of Home Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India
²MSc Student, Department of Food and Nutrition, School of Home Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India

*Corresponding Author: Sunita Mishra, Professor, Department of Food and Nutrition, School of Home Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India.

Received: June 06, 2023; Published: July 06, 2023

Abstract

People's diets and lifestyles have been disrupted by the Corona virus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic. This study's objectives were to examine any changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, to quantify food consumption among people of different ages using the Food Consumption Score, and to determine the factors that affected those changes. Additionally, it evaluated the use of immune-stimulating food supplements as a virus-prevention strategy, such as gooseberries and spices. For the current study, information was gathered from adults in India between the ages of 15 and 50 (divided into young and middle-aged adults) via an online survey in the form of a questionnaire. The study found that young adults had higher Food Consumption Scores than their middle-aged counterparts over the two time points before COVID-19 and during COVID-19. The pandemic also resulted in an increase in the intake of foods renowned for their immune-boosting properties, including as spices, gooseberries, and Neem. The study's findings show an increase in nutritional awareness across all age categories, particularly in terms of consumption of immune-boosting foods during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19; Immune System; Vitamin C; Lockdown; Pandemic

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Citation

Citation: Sunita Mishra and Abhishek Yadav. “Assessment of Dietary Intake to Boost the Immune System during the COVID- 19 Pandemic Lockdown in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh: Online Survey Study".Acta Scientific Nutritional Health 7.8 (2023): 02-09.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2023 Sunita Mishra and Abhishek Yadav. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.