Hábitos alimentarios durante la pandemia de la COVID 19 en países miembros de la comunidad andina año 2020, 2022

Abstract

The objective of the study is to analyze the eating habits of the population belonging to the Andean Community during the health emergency caused by COVID 19, based on a bibliographic review of the literature on studies reported for the year 2020-2022. A research study of bibliographic review was carried out from primary bibliographic sources with an observational and crosssectional methodological design. 86 references were identified, 26 references were selected, evaluated and synthesized using the STROBE 2020 declaration presentation guide, the other studies were discarded for having titles, objectives or content different from that of the analysis carried out. The digital databases that were used for the search and collection of information were: MedlinePlus, SciELO, LILACS and PubMed. The data was extracted in an Excel 2016 matrix made at convenience. Data were classified according to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) categorization based on Monteiro and Geoffrey (2013): Natural (unprocessed) foods of plant and animal origin, minimally processed foods, culinary ingredients, ready-to-eat edible products: processed and highly processed (ultra-processed). The COVID 19 pandemic was found to have had a significant impact on people's eating habits; economic uncertainty, rising unemployment, more time at home, the need to prevent contagion, mobility restrictions that limited the availability of food, stress and emotions, and a greater focus on health were influential factors in the eating habits of the population.