Changes in diet quality and food security among adults during the COVID-19-related early lockdown: results from NutriQuebec.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The impact that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related early lockdown has had on dietary habits of the population and on food insecurity is unknown.

Objective

The aim of this study was to document the change in diet quality and in food insecurity observed during the COVID-19-related early lockdown. We hypothesized that the lockdown was associated with a deterioration in overall diet quality and an increase in food insecurity.

Methods

Data are from a COVID-19 subsample of NutriQuébec, a web-based cohort destined to study temporal changes in dietary habits among adults in Quebec, Canada. Participants completed questionnaires before (between June 2019 and February 2020) and during (April to May 2020) early lockdown, including a validated web-based 24-

SUBMITTER: Lamarche B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7799255 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature