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Table 5 Changes in food and alcohol consumption during lockdown relative to post-lockdown period

From: Life in a time of COVID: a mixed method study of the changes in lifestyle, mental and psychosocial health during and after lockdown in Western Australians

 

Increased (%)

Same (%)

Decreased (%)

Wilcoxon Sign Rank (Z)

Cohen’s d

Daily number of serves (373)

 Vegetables

12.6

74.5

12.9

− 0.24

0.02

 Fruit

14.2

73.2

12.6

−0.39

0.04

 Grain

22.0

69.4

8.6

−4.83***

0.36

 Meat

13.1

78.8

8.0

−1.70

0.18

Snack meals per week (372)

20.4

66.7

12.9

− 3.35***

0.25

Consumption of soft drinks

 Days per week (389)

11.6

84.1

4.4

−3.37***

0.24

 Cups per day (130)

23.1

67.7

9.2

3.35***

0.24

Alcohol consumption

 Days per week (370)

35.1

55.9

8.9

−8.31***

0.64

 Standard drinks per day (363)

23.1

66.4

10.5

−3.08**

0.23

  1. Note. Statistical analysis was performed using Wilcoxon Sign Ranked test on unaggregated response data. ** = p-value < 0.01. *** = p-value < 0.001. The number of respondents (n) for each item are provided in brackets