Objective: This study aimed to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on time spent cooking and parental inclusion of children in cooking. The secondary aim was to investigate differences between those who frequently included their children in cooking activities during the COVID-19 pandemic and those who included their children less, on a number of factors such as working from home, parents’ diet quality and cooking skills confidence. Design: Cross-continental survey with Wilcoxon-signed ranks, Independent t tests, Mann–Whitney U , χ 2 and a binomial logistic regression used for assessment. Setting: Online. Participants: A convenience sample of parents over 18 years from the island of Ireland ( n 180), Great Britain ( n 312), the USA ( n 120) and New Zealand ( n 166). Results: In three regions, parents’ time spent cooking and inclusion of children in everyday cooking activities increased ( P < 0·001). Country (OR = 3·6, 95 % CI 1·7, 7·6), education (OR = 1·6, 95 % CI 1·1, 2·4), cooking skills confidence (OR = 1·02, 95 % CI 1·009, 1·032) and a parental higher intake of vegetables (OR = 1·3, 95 % CI 1·1, 1·5) were significant predictors of a more frequent inclusion of children in cooking activities. Conclusions: While there a number of key benefits to including children in cooking for the children such as providing life skills and increases in diet quality, this study highlighted a higher intake of vegetables by parents who included children more frequently in cooking activities. With continued lockdowns due to COVID-19 and perhaps more flexibility in working from home in the future, including children in cooking activities should be a key public health message for both children and parents.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, children, cross-sectional survey, Diet quality, parents, Cooking, Cross continental, 【초록키워드】 public health, lockdown, COVID-19 pandemic, activity, Logistic regression, Ireland, predictor, USA, Factor, Great Britain, activities, parent, while, Inclusion, regions, benefit, 95 % CI, less, parental, New, increases in, t tests, 【제목키워드】 pandemic, Inclusion, parental,