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The impact of lockdown on wellbeing, fruit and vegetable consumption, and eating behaviour

Last registered on May 13, 2020
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
The impact of lockdown on wellbeing, fruit and vegetable consumption, and eating behaviour
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0005844
Initial registration date
May 13, 2020

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published
May 13, 2020, 3:39 PM EDT

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

Locations

Country
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Region
Coventry and the Warwickshire

Primary Investigator

Name
Thijs van Rens
Affiliation
University of Warwick
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Redzo Mujcic
PI Affiliation
Warwick Business School
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PI Name
Oyinlola Oyebode
PI Affiliation
Warwick Medical School
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PI Name
Lena Alkhudairy
PI Affiliation
Warwick Medical School
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PI Name
Petra Hanson
PI Affiliation
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2020-05-18
End date
2020-07-31
Keywords
Health, Welfare
Additional Keywords
JEL code(s)
I18
Secondary IDs
Abstract
The current Covid-19 pandemic is having global impact on our way of life. For example, people’s activity and eating behaviour changed in order to fit in with the guidance on social distancing and staying at home. There is some emerging literature that weight gain during lock down is minimal. However, it is not known whether eating behaviour and resulting weight changes are different in people with obesity as compared to general population. Our study will provide information on eating behaviour and fruit and vegetable consumption during lockdown. This will help to inform obesity prevention policy interventions and ultimately health outcomes.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Alkhudairy, Lena et al. 2020. "The impact of lockdown on wellbeing, fruit and vegetable consumption, and eating behaviour." AEA RCT Registry. May 13. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.5844-1.0
Sponsors & Partners

Sponsors

Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Online survey
Intervention Start Date
2020-05-18
Intervention End Date
2020-07-31

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Changes in well-being mental health, fruit and vegetable consumption and eating behaviour in lockdown compared to normal times, and correlations in the (changes in) these variables.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Online survey of a representative sample of the 18+ population of Coventry and the Warwickshire.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Random sample provided by survey company (Qualtrics or Prolific).
Randomization Unit
Individuals
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
Stratified by 2 gender categories, 4 age groups and possibly around 20 3-digit postcodes for representativeness.
Sample size: planned number of observations
1000 individuals
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
NA, observational study
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
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Post-Trial

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

Program Files

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