Agri-Food Analytics Lab, Dalhouise University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 May 20;18(10):5485. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18105485.
Several studies of food literacy emphasise the acquisition of critical knowledge over context. This evaluation looks at how COVID-19 impacted food literacy in a country affected by the global pandemic. To our knowledge, there has been no systematic research that would allow a better understanding of the impact of uncertainty or enhanced perceived risks generated by a global crisis on the prevalence of household food literacy. This study looks at food literacy from a perceptive of how an event that has domesticated many of them can alter knowledge and the relationship people have with food. A cross-national survey including 10,004 Canadians was conducted ten months after the start of the pandemic. Results show that Canadians have learned new recipes. Canadians have also taken up gardening and have relied on several sources to gather information. This study provides some evidence that Canadians have become more food literate because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but less significantly than anticipated. Practical and policy implications are presented as well as some future research directions.
几项关于食品素养的研究强调了在背景之外获取批判性知识的重要性。本评估着眼于在一个受全球大流行影响的国家，COVID-19 如何影响食品素养。据我们所知，还没有系统的研究能够更好地了解全球危机带来的不确定性或增强的感知风险对家庭食品素养流行率的影响。本研究从一个角度探讨了食品素养，即一个使许多人变得熟悉的事件如何改变人们对食物的知识和关系。在大流行开始十个月后，对包括 10004 名加拿大人在内的进行了一项跨国调查。结果表明，加拿大人已经学会了新的食谱。加拿大人还开始了园艺，并依靠多个来源来收集信息。本研究提供了一些证据表明，由于 COVID-19 大流行，加拿大人的食品素养有所提高，但不如预期的那么显著。本研究还提出了一些实际和政策方面的影响，并提出了一些未来的研究方向。
