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The Covid Kai Survey has revealed that most people ate more sweet and salty snacks, white bread and pasta, processed meat and sugary drinks during Level four. It was not such a great story, but it is what we re seeing in countries overseas as well, says Dr Sarah Gerritsen, a research fellow at Auckland University s School of Population Health. She led the survey of 3,028 people when New Zealand was at alert levels 3 and 4. This has been a really stressful year and when you re stressed you react in a way that is perhaps not best for your health.”
The research was part of an international study across 38 countries led by researchers at the University of Antwerp in Belgium.
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University of Auckland research fellow Dr Sarah Gerritsen. The research was part of an international study across 38 countries led by researchers at the University of Antwerp in Belgium. Today, Gerritsen tells
The Detail s Sharon Brettkelly about the surprises in the survey results and why it was no coincidence that people stocked up on junk food at the supermarket, and then rushed to their favourite fast food outlet when lockdown ended. She is already working on a follow-up study looking at the social media accounts of all the large food and drinks companies during the lockdown period, and how they were using the pandemic to promote their products.