Corona is making people, especially women, comfort eat more
During the first corona lockdown, a third of us ate more sweet things and rinsed it down with copious amounts of soda and alcohol, according to a study from the University of Southern Denmark. The strange thing is that Italians and Spaniards, who experienced tougher lockdowns, ate healthier.
Meet the researcher
Davide Giacalone is an Associate Professor in the testing and optimisation of consumer products at SDU Innovation and Design Engineering at the Department of Technology and Innovation. He researches, in particular, in the perception and behaviour of consumers towards everyday products, primarily in the field of food.
