Table 5.

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

	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

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