Food and hygiene habits in the period of social isolation during the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Dalmolin, Sandro
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Erhardt, Magnólia Martins, Ströher, Jeferson Aloísio, Fröder, Hans, Ruis, Marion, Richards, Neila Silvia Pereira dos Santos, Braccini , Valéria Pinheiro, Jiménez, Maximiliano Segundo Escalona
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/15502
• topic: Hábitos alimentares; Higiene de alimentos; Covid-19; Isolamento social.; Eating habits; Food hygiene; Covid-19; Social isolation.; Hábitos alimenticios; Higiene de los alimentos; Covid-19; Aislamiento social.

This work aimed to analyze, through an entirely on line survey, the eating and personal hygiene habits to combat the Coronavirus during the period of social isolation imposed by the government during the covid-19 pandemic. A questionnaire was prepared and contacts were sent through social networks, Wattsapp® and Messenger® with the objective of finding out if the participants are making use of the behavioral labels recommended by ANVISA to combat covid-19; to verify if people are making use of the face mask and respecting social distancing; to evaluate the impacts on people's routine, both in their eating habits and in the food services they used before the isolation; how they are acquiring their food; which food services were missed the most. The survey had the participation of people from all regions of the state of Rio Grande do Sul as well as from other states in the country. The results obtained show that, despite the massive publicity, the use of the mask still needs a lot of work to raise awareness; the vast majority of the people surveyed had no symptoms and did not need isolation; purchases are still made in the traditional way by going to the market, which can become a disseminating point of the disease. It is suggested that orientation campaigns be intensified as well as new research to justify the intensification of sanitary label measures and greater collective awareness so that we can get out of this pandemic without losing more lives.