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Changes in dietary fat intake and associations with mental health in a UK public sample during the COVID-19 pandemic

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posted on 2023-08-30, 18:03 authored by Jason Wilson, Ilona McMullan, Nicole Blackburn, Natalie Klempel, Anita Yakkundi, Nicola Armstrong, Colette Brolly, Laurie T. Butler, Yvonne A. Barnett, Louis Jacob, Ai Koyanagi, Lee Smith, Mark A. Tully
Background: Consumption of unhealthy foods may have changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study explored how dietary fat intake was impacted in a sample of the UK public who were social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Data were collected from a UK COVID-19 online survey. Fat intake was measured using the Dietary Instrument for Nutrition Education questionnaire. Anxiety and depressive symptoms were assessed using Becks’ Anxiety and Depression Inventories, while the short-form Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale assessed mental well-being. Differences between individuals who increased versus decreased fat intake were explored using chi-square or independent sample t-tests. Association between fat intake and mental health was explored using adjusted linear regression models. Results: Eight hundred and eighty-seven adults were included. Approximately, 34% recorded medium-to-high levels of fat consumption during social distancing. Around 48% reported decreased fat intake during social distancing compared to usual levels, while 41.3% documented increased fat intake. Fat intake was not significantly associated (P > 0.05) with any measures of mental health. Conclusions: A higher proportion of a sample of UK adults social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic recorded decreased fat intake when compared to levels prior to social distancing. There appeared to be no associations between fat intake and mental health.

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Refereed

  • Yes

Volume

43

Issue number

4

Page range

687-694

Publication title

Journal of Public Health

ISSN

1741-3850

Publisher

Oxford University Press

File version

  • Accepted version

Language

  • eng

Legacy posted date

2021-01-14

Legacy creation date

2021-01-14

Legacy Faculty/School/Department

COVID-19 Research Collection

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