An on-line survey of the behavioral changes in Lebanon, Jordan and Tunisia during the COVID-19 pandemic related to food shopping, food handling, and hygienic practices

Faour-Klingbeil, Dima; Osaili, Tareq M.; Al‐Nabulsi, Anas A.; Jemni, Monia; Todd, Ewen C. D.

doi:10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.107934

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“…Online shopping frequency before the COVID-19 outbreak has a negative effect on online shopping proportion for fresh food after the COVID-19 pandemic, which means people with higher frequency buying online before the COVID-19 outbreak (also with higher online shopping proportion for fresh food before the COVID-19 outbreak) are more likely to increase online shopping proportion for fresh food after the COVID-19 pandemic. The result of low in-store food shopping frequency during the COVID-19 pandemic is consistent with previous studies [ 10 ]. The proportion of online shopping for fresh food before the COVID-19 outbreak has a positive effect on buying more online after the COVID-19 pandemic.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…This induced people to shop more online than before and the food reserve time extended from 3.37 to 7.37 days after the COVID-19 breakout [ 9 ]. The frequency of in-store shopping for food was low during the COVID-19 pandemic [ 10 ]. Leone et al [ 11 ] show the challenges and propose future directions on the research of healthy food retail during the COVID-19 pandemic.…”

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Does COVID-19 Affect the Behavior of Buying Fresh Food? Evidence from Wuhan, China

Chen

Zhang

Zhu

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COVID-19 first appeared in Wuhan city of Hubei Province in China in December 2019. It has a substantial impact on human life all around the world, especially for citizens. The threat of COVID-19 has resulted in people shopping online to get fresh food and reduce outdoor trips. Collecting data from adult internet users in Wuhan, China in 2020, this study aims to explore the influence of COVID-19 on fresh food shopping behavior. In addition, a comparison and ordered logit model are constructed to demonstrate the changes and effects of COVID-19. The results suggest that more citizens in Wuhan city will buy fresh food online and the cost and frequency are also increased. The experience of online shopping for fresh food during the lock-down days has promoted more online shopping. The factors, such as frequency of online shopping before the COVID-19 outbreak, frequency of online shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic, and age, have a negative effect on the proportion of online shopping after the lock-down days, while the proportion of online shopping before the COVID-19 outbreak, the proportion of online shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic, and travel time of in-store shopping before the COVID-19 outbreak have a positive effect. The results provide insights for managers, city planners, and policymakers.

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Does COVID-19 Affect the Behavior of Buying Fresh Food? Evidence from Wuhan, China

Chen

Zhang

Zhu

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“…However, Faour-Klingbeil et al found a significant reduction of ready to use food consumption during the pandemic in Lebanon. The percentage of respondents who think they do not order hot and cold ready to use food delivery increase by 19.2% [20]. Compared to food consumption, Lim and To found gambling revenues have decreased in Macao during the pandemic, which could signal a decreased in entertainment and leisure activities [21].…”

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Change of Consumption Behaviours in the Pandemic of COVID-19: Examining Residents’ Consumption Expenditure and Driving Determinants

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Tang

Yu-feng

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This study investigated changes of individuals’ consumption behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic and explored the driving determinants in consumption expenditure in Zhejiang China. Based on the 454 samples of survey data, which were collected in 2020 and 2021, it showed a reduction trend in consumption expenditure during the pandemic. Compared to the consumptions before the pandemic, money spent on housing, food, and beverage did not change too much. However, expenditures on wearing, recreation, and education reduced. Age, family size, and household income were significant to the expenditure changes. Online shopping became an important alternative way for residents during the pandemic and the trend is expected to continue even after the pandemic. Based on the findings, suggestions are summarized as two points. First, the young and single residents are the main group for recovering the consumption for wearing, recreation, education, and public transport. Meanwhile, to improve the satisfactions in online shopping, regulations should be issued by the government in improving the quality of goods and service.

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“…The questionnaire was designed by adapting some existing questions from validated and reliable questionnaires used in prior studies pertaining to food safety (10,16,(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28). All authors went through the questionnaire in-tandem to discuss the questions that need to be included in the study.…”

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“…The advent of COVID-19 has been reported to impact people's food preparation/ eating habits, consumer food safety awareness, food and hygiene related attitude and food purchasing behavior (8)(9)(10)(11). The primary mode of transmission of the virus has been reported to be through person to person contact and via respiratory droplets generated by coughing or sneezing.…”

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Food Safety Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Among Jordan Universities Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Osaili

Al‐Nabulsi

Taybeh

2021

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Objective: This study aimed to evaluate food safety knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) amongst university students in Jordan and changes in food-related behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Correlation between food safety KAP scores and general characteristics of university students was also evaluated.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted where an Internet-based questionnaire was distributed through social media platforms. The sample consisted of 1,739 respondents from 29 Jordanian universities. The participants completed a 58-item questionnaire covering demographical characteristics and different food safety aspects which were namely “COVID-19 food-related attributes,” “food cooking and storage,” “personal hygiene.” “cross-contamination prevention/disinfection procedures.” and “restaurant hygiene.” Descriptive statistics, Chi square tests and binary logistic analysis were used to assess the data.Results: The sample consisted of 67.2% females with a mean age of 21.3 ± 1.8 years. The average overall score of the tested aspects was 14.1/34.0 which corresponds to 41.3% of the questions being answered correctly. The percentage of correct answers of “COVID-19 food-related attributes,” “food cooking and storage,” “cross-contamination prevention/disinfection procedures,” “personal hygiene” and “restaurant hygiene” was 56.8, 36.6, 28.4, 44.6. and 36.9%, respectively. A significant (P <0.05) association between respondents' food safety KAP scores and gender, marital status, university degree, employment status, self-rating of food safety knowledge, and the source of food safety information.Conclusion: University students in Jordan had insufficient KAP scores which is a concerning trend during the pandemic. Teaching fundamentals of food safety in the form of short courses/ lectures is recommended.

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An on-line survey of the behavioral changes in Lebanon, Jordan and Tunisia during the COVID-19 pandemic related to food shopping, food handling, and hygienic practices

Cited by 63 publications

References 19 publications

Does COVID-19 Affect the Behavior of Buying Fresh Food? Evidence from Wuhan, China

Does COVID-19 Affect the Behavior of Buying Fresh Food? Evidence from Wuhan, China

Change of Consumption Behaviours in the Pandemic of COVID-19: Examining Residents’ Consumption Expenditure and Driving Determinants

Food Safety Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Among Jordan Universities Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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