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The researchers conducted an online consumer survey for the month of October 2020. Approximately two-thirds of participants were youth and women, predominantly from KwaZulu-Natal. A significant number of participants reported to either having remained the same weight or gained weight.\u00a0 Changes in food consumption habits included a significant increase in snack consumption, increased water consumption, and improved food skills. Notably, no food was eaten significantly more than before COVID-19 and no food was eaten significantly less than before COVID-19. Regarding food purchasing behaviours, a significantly high number of participants indicated that food prices increased during the lockdown. Whilst a significant number of participants indicated that they had no difficulties eating enough food, a significant number of participants reported that they could not afford to buy more food and as a coping strategy resorted to planting vegetables. The findings of this survey provide an advancement of knowledge on food consumption, food purchasing behaviours, and food security status during emergency situations as well as long-term food-related strategies.<\/p>\n<h2>Authors<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Ashika Naicker (Durban University of Technology)<\/li>\n<li>Onwaba  Makanjana (Durban University of Technology)<\/li>\n<li>Karina Palmer (University of Zululand)<\/li>\n<li>Phindile Nzama (Durban University of Technology)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Keywords<\/h2>\n<p>COVID-19, South Africa, food consumption habits, food purchasing behaviour, food security<\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<p>References not available for this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Food Consumption Habits, Food Purchasing Behaviours, and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[2153,1060,2065,2066,1767,1265],"class_list":["post-5194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-ajims","tag-covid-19","tag-food-consumption-habits","tag-food-purchasing-behaviour","tag-food-security","tag-south-africa","wpcat-124-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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