FoodSEqual Food Study (FOODY)

Diet is an important modifiable risk factor for many chronic diseases, but there is a paucity of dietary data from disadvantaged communities. The last Low Income Diet and Nutrition Survey (LIDNS) was conducted more than a decade ago and disadvantaged communities are known to be under-represented in other national surveys.

The aim of the study is to investigate diet and health and factors contributing to dietary choice in a sample of socio-culturally diverse disadvantaged communities using a combination of dietary intake assessment methods, including nutritional biomarkers

Study Overview

• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Conditions: Diet Habit

Detailed Description

The FoodSEqual project is part of a five-year national consortium project led by the University of Reading and involves academics from Plymouth, Sussex, Kent and Cranfield Universities. It is funded by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Strategic Priorities Fund (SPF). The vision of the FoodSEqual project is to provide citizens of socio-culturally diverse disadvantaged communities with choice and agency over the food they consume by co-developing new products, new supply chains and new policy frameworks that deliver affordable, attractive, healthy, and sustainable diet. The FoodSEqual Health project is a follow-on project to investigate associations between diet, health, and food affordability in the context of the FoodSEqual project.

Diet is an important modifiable risk factor for many chronic diseases, but there is a paucity of dietary data from disadvantaged communities. The last Low Income Diet and Nutrition Survey (LIDNS) was conducted more than a decade ago and disadvantaged communities are known to be under-represented in other national surveys.

The aim of the study is to investigate diet and factors contributing to dietary choice in a sample of socio-culturally diverse disadvantaged communities using a combination of dietary intake assessment methods, including nutritional biomarkers.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Estimated): 400

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Gunter GC Kuhnle; Phone Number: 7723 0118378; Email: g.g.kuhnle@reading.ac.uk

Study Locations

• United Kingdom
  • Berkshire
    • Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
      • University of Reading

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

General public

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years and over

Exclusion Criteria:

• unable to provide consent

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Food intake	Habitual dietary intake using biomarkers, FFQ and 24h recall	18 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Reading
• Collaborators: University of Plymouth

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 1, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): August 1, 2028
• Study Completion (Estimated): August 1, 2029

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 8, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 8, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): June 18, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): November 29, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 24, 2023
• Last Verified: November 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: FS_BM_01

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No