Dietary Intake and Eating Habits During the COVID-19 Pandemic (COVIDiet)

March 15, 2021 updated by: Stéphanie Chevalier, McGill University
The COVID-19 pandemic affects eating habits, diet quality and physical activity differently among individuals; it is unclear how these behaviours will evolve as the pandemic continues. In this observational study, dietary intake will be frequently collected using an artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced mobile application combined with real-time analysis, and lifestyle behaviours from online questionnaires, to provide timely, relevant data for public health decision making.

Study Overview

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

A thousand nine hundred and twenty adult men and women aged 18 years and older, living in the community and owning a smartphone or tablet, will be recruited all over Canada. Rapid recruitment will be achieved using social media and professional networks. All data will be collected online to allow a broad reach even in remote regions. Self-reported eating habits, physical activity, sleep, alcohol consumption, anxiety and depression data will be collected using validated questionnaires on an online survey platform, and dietary intake data using the mobile application Keenoa. With the application, participants take pictures of their meals, which are analyzed and accessible to researchers in real-time, providing comprehensive data on nutrient and food intake, and hence patterns and diet quality. Diet will be tracked for a full week at study entrance and repeated 6 times during a year, and once one year later, along with follow-up questionnaires on lifestyle behaviours.

The main study objectives are 1) to evaluate how eating habits, diet quality and related lifestyle behaviours of Canadian adults are impacted by confinement phases of the pandemic over one year; and 2) determine the association between eating behaviours and diet quality with contextual socio-demographic, education, emotional and health factors, and identify emerging explanatory factors as clusters.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

2020

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Canada
    • Quebec
      • Montréal, Quebec, Canada, H9X 3V9
        • McGill University - School of Human Nutrition

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Approximately 1,920 adult men and women will be recruited from several regions of Canada, and stratified by age (18-45 y, 45-65 y, 65 y+).

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Men and women aged 18 years and over, living in Canada
  • Owning a smartphone and having access to internet
  • Able to read and understand English or French

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Any active and uncontrolled acute disease that interferes with usual food intake
  • Being hospitalized
  • Pregnancy or lactation

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Dietary intake
Time Frame: Two years
Energy, macronutrients, micronutrients, and food intake assessed with the Keenoa mobile application
Two years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Diet quality
Time Frame: Two years
Calculated from food group intake as per the Canadian Healthy Eating Index
Two years
Eating habits
Time Frame: Two years
Eating behaviors, food access and cooking skills collected from online questionnaire
Two years

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

McGill University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

May 25, 2020

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

August 31, 2022

Study Completion (Anticipated)

August 31, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 27, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 27, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

May 29, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 17, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 15, 2021

Last Verified

March 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 20-04-064

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

Clinical Trials on COVID-19

Clinical Trials on Diet tracking and survey

Search Similar Trials

Sponsors and Collaborators

Medical Conditions

Drug Interventions

CROs by country

CROs in Oman

Conditions

Rare Diseases

Drug Interventions

Dietary Supplements

Sponsor/Collaborators

Locations

3
Subscribe