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COVID-19 and diet: efforts towards a balanced diet and sustainable nutrition among university students in Pakistan.

Zeshan Ali, Lienda Bashier Eltayeb, Sndos Z A Fattiny, Iftikhar Younis Mallhi, Farah Javed, Ali Abdullah Alyousef, Qandeel Ijaz, Shoaib Younas, Ishrat Khan, Zahra Batool and 1 more

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Zeshan AliCollege of Food Science and Engineering, Bohai University, Jinzhou, China.
Lienda Bashier EltayebDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science, Prince Sattam Ibn Abdelaziz University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Sndos Z A FattinyDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Iftikhar Younis MallhiDepartment of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.
Farah JavedDepartment of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.
Ali Abdullah AlyousefDepartment of Clinical Nutrition, Mental Hospital Al-Ahsa, Minister of Health, Hofuf, Saudi Arabia.
Qandeel IjazDepartment of Social Sciences, University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Shoaib YounasDepartment of Food Technology, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Ishrat KhanDepartment of Biotechnology, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan.
Zahra BatoolDepartment of Biosciences, COMSATS University, Sahiwal, Pakistan.
Muhammad AhmadDepartment of SST, Information Security, University of Management & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nutrition is an important aspect of a healthy lifestyle for all individuals, including adolescents. The objective of this cross-sectional descriptive survey study was to investigate university students' awareness of immunity enhancing foods, food nutritive values, and eating practices during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 839 university students from four different universities in Pakistan participated in the study from October 2021 to January 2022, 397 of which were male and 442 were female. A total of 419 students were studying in medical disciplines while 420 were non-medical students. The students had significant knowledge (

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COVID-19Students, MedicalAdolescentCross-Sectional StudiesDietFemaleHumansMalePakistanPandemicsUniversitiesAwarenessEating practicesHealthy foodImmune systemNutritive valuePandemicUniversity students

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PMCPMC10771080

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