ESPEN 2022 Late Breaking Abstracts
Topic: Nutrition and cancer
Abstract Submission Identifier: ESPEN22-LB-2177
A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY TO EVALUATE DIETARY INTAKE AFTER A DIAGNOSIS OF COLORECTAL CANCER IN THE BRITISH POPULATION
A. A. Aldossari*, 1, 2, M. Hann 3, S. Burden 2, 4
1Department of Community Health Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences , King Saud University , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia, 2Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, School of Health Sciences, 3Division of Population Health, Health Services Research & Primary Care , The University of Manchester, Manchester, 4Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, United Kingdom
Rationale:
A systematic review concluded that people generally changed their eating patterns to improve their diets after receiving a cancer diagnosis. However, most of these studies were among women with breast cancer; only a few studies were performed on people with colorectal cancer (CRC), and only a small proportion of these was undertaken in the UK. This study aims to determine whether people with CRC adhere to more healthy eating recommendations compared to those without cancer.
Methods:
A cross-sectional study was designed to include people diagnosed with CRC and matched controls using the UK Biobank data. A food frequency questionnaire was used to assess the participants' dietary intake. Regression analyses were used to determine the difference in dietary intake between participants adjusting for confounding.
Results:
The cross-sectional study considered the data of 5,980 people with CRC and 17,940 matched controls who were free of cancer. The findings revealed that people with CRC were less likely than the matched controls to adhere to healthy eating recommendations regarding intake of fruit and vegetables (odds ratio (OR)=0.94, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.88 to 1.01, p=0.076), whole grains (OR=0.84, 95% CI 0.77 to 0.91, p<0.001), red meat (OR=0.92, 95% CI 0.84 to 0.99, p=0.03) and processed meat (OR=1.09, 95% CI 1.03 to 1.15, p=0.003).
Conclusion:
After diagnoses of CRC, people were less likely to meet food intake recommendations than their matched cancer-free counterparts. Findings suggest that people with CRC would benefit from improved dietary interventions or advice to help them to change their diets to meet healthy-eating recommendations.
References: Aldossari A, Sremanakova J, Sowerbutts AM, Jones D, Hann M, Burden ST. Do people change their eating habits after a diagnosis of cancer? A systematic review. J Hum Nutr Diet. 2022;1–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/jhn.13001
Disclosure of Interest: None Declared
Keywords: After Cancer Diagnosis, Colorectal cancer, Dietary change , Food Intake , free cancer diagnosis , healthy eating recommendations