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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) on the diet and lifestyle of college students and using patterns of home training and meal kits. An online survey was conducted with 208 students from a university located in northern Gyeonggi Province....

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) on the diet and lifestyle of college students and using patterns of home training and meal kits. An online survey was conducted with 208 students from a university located in northern Gyeonggi Province. More male students answered to exercise 'more than 3 days a week' than females (50% vs. 23.1%, P<0.001), and to practice home training 'more than 3 days a week' (40.2% vs. 18.6%, P<0.05), compared to female counterparts. The most often practicing type of home training was ’strength exercise’ (59.8%) for male and ’stretching’ for female students (34.3%). The principle route through home training was 'Youtube' (90.9%) without gender difference. About half of the subjects ate lunch that prepared by other family members 47.6%, 29.8% cooked their own lunch, 12.5% ate delivered or takeout foods and 6.3% ate out without gender difference. While more female students experienced of using meal kit than males (26.8 vs. 42.1%, P<0.05), 68.0% used it ’less often once a week’ and 73.3% answered that they use it because for ’conveniency’. The six lowest dietary behaviors were 'regular meal', 'eating green and yellow vegetables', 'milk·dairy intake', 'seaweed intake', 'breakfast meal', and 'regular exercise'. The associations of dietary scores were not consistent with the degree of watching mukbang and cookbang. The results of this study can provide basic information to develop nutrition education program to help college students improve their eating habits and lifestyle, especially in a disaster situation such as the COVID-19 period.