Factors Affecting the Eating Behavior during the pandemic as Perceived by Adolescents

According to recent studies, there are various factors that impact one's eating habits and eating lifestyle, which can sometimes lead to eating problems. Eating behavior is a complex construct that is liable to be modified by external factors. Due to COVID outbreak and the start of quarantine, many restrictive measures were carried out with the aim of reducing the impact of this disease. As a result, lifestyles were disrupted, that makes eating behavior change drastically. The study aims to find out the factors that influence adolescent eating behavior during a pandemic. The researcher is interested in investigating the impact of the factors that acquired during the data collection process. Furthermore, this research aims to raise awareness in an adolescent, who is the topic of this study, by providing explanations and facts concerning eating behavior during a crisis. The researcher used quantitative approach and a Likert scale to hand in the online questionnaires. The findings suggest that social determinant plays an important role on a healthy eating behavior of the Adolescents. It shows a negative response on the impact of eating behavior to the psychological wellbeing of the respondents during pandemic. The researcher suggests awareness through guidance and counselling to both parents and Adolescents to possible effects and implication of having a healthy eating behavior and healthy lifestyle.