How Has Covid Altered Your Relationship With Food?

     Covid has altered my relationship with food in terms of accessibility. During the pandemic going out to eat has been difficult because of social distancing restrictions. This means that people either resulted to cooking more, or eating more fast food. Restaurants with drive throughs or take out were the only ones that survived. This is typically fast food restaurants instead of the nice sit-down ones. Grocery shopping was also more difficult and many people, including myself, resolved to using a "click-list" where you order the groceries you need online and someone brings them out to your car. Many of my friends diets have gotten worse because they are utilizing the accessibility and practicality of fast food restaurants. I think my diet has slightly improved because when I grocery shop I only order the things I need instead of picking up extra snacks as I walk throughout the store. 

    My parents relationship with food has been even more strenuous since the start of the pandemic. My dad has a suppressed immune system so he has to be extra careful not to contract the virus. Because of this, my mom has to wipe down everything that enters our house, including groceries. This is very time consuming. 

    Since I live off campus, the campus style of dining hall meals hasn't affected me. However, my boyfriend goes to a small liberal arts college where all there is to eat are the dining hall meals. They are not allowed to sit down and eat together, so their food is packaged up for pick up. All of the fresh deli stations are closed due to guideline restrictions. These new rules makes the already not so good food taste even more stale and cold. As a result of this, many people at his school go to fast food restaurants like McDonalds instead. This is contributing to an unhealthy diet as a staple with many people at his school.