The Impact of Nutrition on the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Nutrition

Nutrients. 2021 May 21;13(6):1752. doi: 10.3390/nu13061752.

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had significant morbidity, mortality, social and financial implications for the global population. Despite this knowledge, we still know very little about how COVID-19 infection affects quality of life resulting from changes in nutritional behaviour and, conversely, how nutrition could modulate the epidemiology of COVID-19. In addition, the social isolation most have experienced due to the regulations imposed by governments during the COVID-19 pandemic may have also had effects on our nutritional behaviour. It is possible that nutritional interventions may have effects on the incidence of COVID-19 infection and mortality rates. The purpose of this review is to evaluate the current status of research on the topic of nutrition as it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19; food; nutrition; pandemic; review.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19* / mortality
  • COVID-19* / prevention & control
  • Feeding Behavior*
  • Health Behavior*
  • Humans
  • Nutritional Status*
  • Pandemics / prevention & control*
  • Quality of Life*
  • SARS-CoV-2*