Examining the associations between food worry and mental health during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Little is known about the association between mental health and diminished food worry during the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper examines worry about having enough food to meet household needs and its association with mental health during the early months of the pandemic in Canada.

Methods

Data are drawn from the first round of a multi-round mental health monitoring survey. Online surveys were administered between May 14 and 29, 2020, to a nationally representative sample of Canadian adults (n = 3000). Logistic regression models were used to examine associations between food worry and mental health indicators (anxious/worried, depressed, worse mental health compared with pre-pandemic, and suicidal thoughts/feelings), after adjusting for socio-demographic characterist

SUBMITTER: McAuliffe C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8359635 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature