Affordable & Healthy Eating Tips for COVID-19

Abstract

Nutrition: Dietary changes during covid 19 Link to the Article: https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/easy-affordable-and-healthy-eating-tips-during-coronavirus-disease-covid-19-outbreak Student’s Name The Covid 19 pandemic was overwhelming for families worldwide, affecting food supply chains and individual eating habits. According to (Aman and Sadia 121), Covid 19 is a global challenge, and it is necessary to attain and maintain a good nutritional status to fight the virus. Various researchers, organizations, and medics went online to educate the public on dietary changes during the pandemic's critical moment. UNICEF provides insight on Easy, affordable, and healthy eating tips during COVID-19 useful in enhancing nutrition. One of their articles online relates family difficulties in maintaining a healthy diet while in lockdown, pausing a daily challenge in deciding what to eat. People have been exposed to panic buying, disruptions of the food chain, and financial difficulties for food shopping due to unemployment. Most families go for processed, low-quality, and fast foods that are cheap and are not good for their health. UNICEF educates on convenient, affordable, and healthy alternatives such as; fruit and vegetable intake, healthy snacks such as nuts, boiled eggs, unsweetened yogurt, and dried fruits, limiting highly processed fruits, limiting highly processed foods such as saturated fats and sugars, and drinks lots of water, lemon, lime, and berries, and make cooking and eating fun and meaningful part of the family routine. UNICEF also advises breastfeeding women to maintain hygiene and disinfect surfaces to avoid respiratory problems for their kids. They also educate on hygiene to the general public on food hygiene. For instance, food storage, clean utensils, washing hands regularly, effective food and sanitary disposal, and maintaining recommended food temperatures. UNICEF is a reputable organization that is acknowledged around the globe for providing humanitarian and development aid to children worldwide. It plays a significant role in the community by helping the disadvantaged and...