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Table 2 Eating behavior and physical activities before and during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic (N = 724)

From: Change in eating habits and physical activities before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong: a cross‐sectional study via random telephone survey

 

Before COVID-19

During COVID-19

Difference (95 % CI)

p-value

Dining out (meals/week)

2.38 ± 2.41

1.12 ± 2.06

-1.26 (-1.38, -1.14)

< 0.001

Ordering take-away (meals/week)

0.54 ± 1.36

1.02 ± 1.85

0.48 (0.39, 0.58)

< 0.001

Cooking at home (meals/week) a

9.53 ± 5.30

10.59 ± 5.36

1.06 (0.89, 1.23)

< 0.001

Consuming sugary drinks (times/week)

3.54 ± 2.98

3.57 ± 2.99

0.03 (0.00, 0.06)

0.037

Consuming fast food (times/week)

0.40 ± 0.98

0.40 ± 1.08

0.00 (-0.04, 0.03)

0.940

Eating fruits (times/week)

8.50 ± 4.44

8.64 ± 4.42

0.14 (0.07, 0.21)

< 0.001

Eating vegetables (times/week)

9.96 ± 4.22

10.03 ± 4.24

0.07 (0.02, 0.12)

0.008

Going out for work (days/week)

1.3 ± 2.3

1.2 ± 2.1

-0.2 (-0.2, -0.1)

< 0.001

Sitting or lying (minutes/week)

1410.0 ± 851.5

1897.8 ± 973.7

487.9 (442.3, 533.5)

< 0.001

High-intensive sports (minutes/week) a, b

155.4 ± 377.0

102.2 ± 309.3

-53.0 (-72.5, -33.6)

< 0.001

Moderate-intensive sports (minutes/week) b

137.6 ± 283.3

108.5 ± 240.1

-29.2 (-41.9, -16.4)

< 0.001

Walking (minutes/week)

328.1 ± 312.5

236.4 ± 242.6

-91.7 (-110.8, -72.5)

< 0.001

  1. CI Confidence interval. Statistics are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. p-value was obtained by a paired t-test for a comparison of frequency of eating behaviour and physical activities before and during the COVID-19 epidemic
  2. a One subjects refused to answer the habit of cook at home and two subjects refused to answer the habit of high-intensive sports
  3. b The definition of high and moderate intensive sports followed the WHO’s Guidelines on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour