负面情绪会增加不健康的饮食:来自COVID-19期间武汉封锁的证据
Xiqian Cai1,2,3, JunJie Wu4, Wenchao Xu5
1Institute of Economics Research, School of Economics and Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Health economics
|December 17, 2023
概括
随着COVID-19的封锁,不健康的食物消费量增加了,特别是在年轻和富裕的人群中. 负面情绪导致人们大量花费在零食和含糖饮料上,影响了整体饮食.
科学领域:
- 消费者行为 消费者行为
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 负面情绪,如压力和焦虑,与不健康的饮食习惯有关.
- 由于COVID-19大流行和相关的封锁,造成了广泛的情绪困扰.
- 了解这种事件对饮食选择的影响对于公共健康至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查武汉封锁引发的负面情绪与不健康食品消费之间的因果关系.
- 分析非封锁城市食品购买模式的变化,作为情绪影响的代理.
- 确定影响这种关系的人口和上下文因素.
主要方法:
- 使用差异差异 (DID) 方法.
- 分析了来自中国零售断公司的大型扫描仪数据集.
- 对食品消费模式中的潜在混因素进行控制.
主要成果:
- 负面情绪显著增加了对不健康食品的支出,如片和含糖饮料.
- 这种影响在年轻和富裕的消费者群体中更为明显.
- 关于感染/死亡和医院附近的信息放大了不健康食品的购买.
结论:
- 流行病引起的负面情绪显然导致不健康的食物消费.
- 饮食转向不太健康的选择可能是实质性的和长期的.
- 在危机期间,可能需要针对脆弱人口群体进行有针对性的干预.
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