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Table 2 Average consumption of selected food products before and during the pandemic

From: Health behaviours of young adults during the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic – a longitudinal study

Products

scale of consumption

1 – never / almost never

2–1-3 days/week

3 - > 3 days/week

4–1 time/day

5 – several times a day

Period of 7 days before pandemic

Period of 7 days during pandemic

P

 

Me

Q1

Q3

Me

Q1

Q3

Sweets and snacks

3.0

2.0

4.0

3.0

2.0

4.0

0.043*

Dairy products and eggs

4.0

2.0

4.0

4.0

3.0

4.0

0.179

Cereal products

4.0

3.0

4.0

4.0

3.0

4.0

0.011*

Fats

3.0

2.0

4.0

4.0

2.0

4.0

0.005*

Fruit

4.0

2.0

4.0

4.0

2.0

4.0

0.433

Vegetables and wholegrains

3.0

2.0

4.0

3.0

2.0

4.0

0.058

Meat products

3.0

2.0

4.0

3.0

2.0

4.0

0.390

Fish

2.0

1.0

2.0

2.0

1.0

2.0

0.817

Sweetened drinks

2.0

1.0

2.0

2.0

1.0

2.0

0.722

Unsweetened drinks

2.0

1.0

2.0

2.0

1.0

3.0

0.682

Alcohol

1.0

1.0

2.0

2.0

1.0

2.0

< 0.001*

  1. P- probability level test; Me- median value; Q1- Quartile 1; Q3- Quartile 3; *- statistical significance at p < 0.05.