| Titre : | Organic food consumption and eating habit in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown (2022) |
| Auteurs : | Z. Ben Khadda ; S. Ezrari ; N. Radouane ; A. Boutagayout ; Z. El Housni ; H. Lahmamsi ; A. Zahri ; T. Sqalli Houssaini ; L. El Ghadraoui ; Y. Elamine ; R.P.F. Guiné |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Open Agriculture (vol. 7, n. 1, January 2022) |
| Article en page(s) : | p. 21-29 |
| Langues : | Anglais |
| Langues du résumé : | Anglais |
| Catégories : |
Catégories principales 08 - ALIMENTATION ; 8.1 - Consommation Alimentaire. ComportementThésaurus IAMM ALIMENT BIOLOGIQUE POUR HOMME ; CONSOMMATION ALIMENTAIRE ; COVID-19 ; PRATIQUE ALIMENTAIRE ; COMPORTEMENT DU CONSOMMATEUR ; COMPORTEMENT ALIMENTAIRE ; MAROC ; AFRIQUE DU NORD ; ALGERIE ; TUNISIE |
| Résumé : | The purpose of the current study is to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected eating behavior and directed toward organic food and bioproducts consumption in the North African region especially Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia as well as identify the variables that may affect the eating behavior of these population. Data were collected using an anonymous online survey on 1,244 respondents from Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. The results showed that the confinement did influence the consumption of healthy food to enhance people’s immune system so as to prevent infection by the COVID-19, and other diseases. Moreover, academic level, gender, and country of residence were diversely correlated with the eating behavior during COVID-19 confinement. The understanding of people’s eating behavior will help the public health to reshape future policies toward organic and bio-based food production; moreover, some further nutritional recommendations could be concluded to maintain a global better health status and improve body defence mechanism. |
| Cote : | En ligne |
| URL / DOI : | https://doi.org/10.1515/opag-2022-0064 |
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