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The World Health Organization (WHO) recognized the coronavirus illness (COVID-19), which started in Wuhan, China, as a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. Since then, it has expanded over the entire globe, having an impact on the lives of millions of people. Many nations, including India, instituted citizen lockdowns in an effort to reduce the number of instances. In India, the lockdown was imposed beginning across March 2020 in a number of states and towns. People were forced to stay inside throughout the lockdown, which interfered with their usual daily routines. The current study examines changes in dietary habits brought on by lockdown in three groups: sedentary individuals, gym-goers and athletes. This is a cross-sectional online study where a google form-made questionnaire was used. There were 90 participants in this study, with 30 in each group within age group of 21-29years both male and female. Participants with chronic disorder and athletes playing other sports except team sports or two sports at a time were excluded. It was observed that dietary habits were positively affected due to lockdown since, decrease in the outside food consumption was observed in all the groups. Participants with good physical activity levels pre-lockdown were able to maintain healthy dietary habits during lockdown. In conclusion, lockdown affected dietary habits of all the groups, but the impact was more significant on gym-goers compared to sedentary and athlete group.