Study protocol for CELLAR (COVID-related Eating Limitations and Latent dietary effects in the Atlantic Region): population-based observational study to monitor dietary intakes and purchasing during COVID-19 in four Atlantic Canadian provinces

IntroductionPoor diet is a leading preventable risk for the global burden of non-communicable disease. Robust measurement is needed to determine the effect of COVID-19 on dietary intakes and consumer purchasing, given the widespread changes to consumer food environments and economic precarity. The r...

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Published in:	BMJ open 2022-04, Vol.12 (4), p.e061660-e061660
Main Authors:	Mah, Catherine L, Foster, Karen, Jago, Emily, Hajizadeh, Mohammad, Luongo, Gabriella, Taylor, Nathan, Fuller, Daniel, Yi, Yanqing, Esan, Olukorede T, Lukic, Ryan, Clarke, Maria, Wranik, Wiesława Dominika, Brimblecombe, Julie Kay, Peeters, Anna
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Language:	eng
Subjects:	Automation Canada - epidemiology Censuses Consumer behavior Coronaviruses COVID-19 COVID-19 - epidemiology COVID-19 - prevention & control Data collection Diet Disease transmission Eating epidemiology Female Food Health risk assessment Health risks Health surveillance Households Humans Male nutrition & dietetics Nutrition and Metabolism Nutrition research Observational studies Observational Studies as Topic Pandemics Population-based studies Public health Purchasing Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Sociodemographics Time use
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Summary:	IntroductionPoor diet is a leading preventable risk for the global burden of non-communicable disease. Robust measurement is needed to determine the effect of COVID-19 on dietary intakes and consumer purchasing, given the widespread changes to consumer food environments and economic precarity. The research objectives are as follows: (1) describe dietary intakes of foods, beverages and nutrients of concern during the COVID-19 pandemic; (2) quantify change in diet during COVID-19 as compared with prepandemic, previously captured in the provincial samples of the population-representative 2015 Canadian Community Health Survey-Nutrition and (3) examine how household purchasing practices predict dietary intakes during COVID-19.Methods and analysesObservational study of diet, using a population-based stratified probability sampling strategy allocated via dual-frame (landline and cellphone) calls to random-digit dialled numbers, followed by age-sex group quotas. The base population comprises the four provinces of the Atlantic region of Canada, jurisdictions with an excess burden of pre-existing dietary risk, compared with the rest of Canada. Our aim is n=1000 to obtain reliable estimates at a regional level to describe intakes and compare with prepandemic baseline. Data collection entails 12 weeks participation: (1) enrolment with sociodemographics (key dietary risk predictors such as age, sex, gender, pre-COVID-19 income, employment, household composition, receipt of economic relief, rural residence); (2) two 24hour diet recalls using the online ASA-24 Canada 2018 tool; and (3) online uploads of household food purchase receipts over the 12 weeks enrolled. Participation incentives will be offered.Ethics and disseminationThis research protocol received funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (FRN VR5 172691) and ethics review approval from the Dalhousie University Research Ethics Board. Study protocol and instruments and a de-identified dataset will be made publicly available. We will submit the findings to peer-reviewed journals, as well as conferences geared towards scientific and decision-maker audiences.
ISSN:	2044-6055 2044-6055