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This document presents the core I-MOVE-COVID-19 European protocol for the hospital-based study of potential risk and protective factors for severe COVID-19 in hospitalised COVID-19 patients, outlining the agreed methods for collecting COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 in each of the individual studies, and including a plan for the pooled analysis. ; This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101003673

Generic protocol for measuring COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness at primary care level in Europe - part of the I-MOVE-COVID-19 project ; This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101003673.

This document presents the core I-MOVE-COVID-19 European protocol for measuring risk and protective factors for COVID-19 at primary care level. The COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness is separate to this. ; This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101003673 .

Generic protocol for measuring COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness at primary care level in Europe - part of the I-MOVE-COVID-19 project ; This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101003673.

This document presents the core I-MOVE-COVID-19 European protocol for the 2020 hospital-based study of vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 in hospitalised SARI patients of all ages, outlining the agreed methods for collecting data on COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 in each of the individual studies, and including a plan for the pooled analysis. ; This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101003673

This document presents the core I-MOVE-COVID-19 European protocol for the 2020 hospital-based study of vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 in hospitalised SARI patients of all ages, outlining the agreed methods for collecting data on COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 in each of the individual studies, and including a plan for the pooled analysis. ; This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101003673

This document presents the core European protocol for the hospital-based surveillance component of I-MOVE-COVID-19 for 2020, outlining the agreed methods for collecting COVID-19 and SARS-CoV2 data during this pandemic. ; This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101003673

A generic protocol for COVID-19 surveillance at primary care level - from the I-MOVE-COVID-19 project. ; This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101003673

Our objective was to describe, for the first time in an English-speaking Caribbean country, the contribution of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) to nutrients linked to non-communicable disease. Using a cross-sectional study design, dietary data were collected from two non-consecutive 24-h dietary recalls. Recorded food items were then classified according to their degree of processing by the NOVA system. The present study took place in Barbados (2012-13). A representative population-based sample of 364 adult Barbadians (161 males and 203 females) aged 25-64 years participated in the study. UPFs represented 40⋅5 % (838 kcal/d; 95 % CI 791, 885) of mean energy intake. Sugar-sweetened beverages made the largest contribution to energy within the UPF category. Younger persons (25-44 years) consumed a significantly higher proportion of calories from UPF (NOVA group 4) compared with older persons (45-64 years). The mean energy shares of UPF ranged from 22⋅0 to 58⋅9 % for those in the lowest tertile to highest tertile. Within each tertile, the energy contribution was significantly higher in the younger age group (25-44 years) compared with the older (45-64 years). One-quarter of persons consume ≥50 % of their daily calories from UPF, this being significantly higher in younger persons. The ultra-processed diet fraction contained about six times the mean of free sugars and about 0⋅8 times the dietary fibre of the non-ultra-processed fraction (NOVA groups 1-3). Targeted interventions to decrease the consumption of UPF especially in younger persons is thus of high priority to improve the diet quality of Barbadians. ; This work was supported by the Ministry of Health and Wellness of the Government of Barbados.

This surveillance report summarises the information from the I-MOVE-COVID-19 hospital surveillance networks to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic in nine European countries. ; This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101003673

Funder: Robinson College, University of Cambridge ; Funder: Medical Research Council; FundRef: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000265 ; Funder: British Heart Foundation; FundRef: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000274 ; Funder: UKCRC Public Health Research Centre of Excellence ; Funder: Economic and Social Research Council; FundRef: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000269 ; Funder: Cancer Research UK; FundRef: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000289 ; Funder: Wellcome Trust; FundRef: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100004440 ; Funder: Yates Unilever Fund ; Funder: The Ministry of Health of the Government of Barbados ; Funder: National Institute for Health Research; FundRef: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000272 ; Funder: Gates Cambridge PhD Scholarship ; Funder: Smuts Memorial Fund, University of Cambridge; FundRef: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000710 ; Funder: Global Food Security Fund ; Funder: Luca D'Agliano Scholarship ; Objective: Sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes have been implemented widely. We aimed to use a pre-existing nutritional survey data to inform SSB tax design by assessing: (1) baseline consumption of SSBs and SSB-derived free sugars, (2) the percentage of SSB-derived free sugars that would be covered by a tax and (3) the extent to which a tax would differentiate between high-sugar SSBs and low-sugar SSBs. We evaluated these three considerations using pre-existing nutritional survey data in a developing economy setting. Methods: We used data from a nationally representative cross-sectional survey in Barbados (2012–2013, prior to SSB tax implementation). Data were available on 334 adults (25–64 years) who completed two non-consecutive 24-hour dietary recalls. We estimated the prevalence of SSB consumption and its contribution to total energy intake, overall and stratified by taxable status. We assessed the percentage of SSB-derived free sugars subject to the tax and identified the consumption-weighted sugar concentration of SSBs, stratified by taxable status. Findings: Accounting for sampling probability, 88.8% of adults (95% CI 85.1 to 92.5) reported SSB consumption, with a geometric mean of 2.4 servings/day (±2 SD, 0.6, 9.2) among SSB consumers. Sixty percent (95% CI 54.6 to 65.4) of SSB-derived free sugars would be subject to the tax. The tax did not clearly differentiate between high-sugar beverages and low-sugar beverages. Conclusion: Given high SSB consumption, targeting SSBs was a sensible strategy in this setting. A substantial percentage of free sugars from SSBs were not covered by the tax, reducing possible health benefits. The considerations proposed here may help policymakers to design more effective SSB taxes.

Calcium intake declines from late adolescence to young adulthood, in part, due to decreases in accessibility to milk and dairy products. While milk vending has shown demonstrated success in secondary schools, no studies have examined whether milk vending improves calcium intake among college students. We hypothesized that milk and calcium intake would be higher among college students given access to milk vending in their dormitory (milk vending consumers) compared to those lacking access in their dormitory (non-milk vending consumers). Milk vending machines were installed in two dormitories, and two dormitories having non-milk beverage vending served as comparison sites. Students completed a calcium intake questionnaire at the point of milk (n = 73) or non-milk (n = 79) beverage vending purchases. Mean total calcium intake was higher in milk vending consumers (1245 + 543 mg/d) compared to non-milk vending consumers (1042 + 447 mg/d) (p = 0.01). Adjusting for gender and milk vending consumer status, there was a positive association between past month milk vending purchases and daily calcium intake from milk (p < 0.001). Fiftyseven students without in-dormitory access to milk vending reported an interest in milk vending if made available. Milk vending may serve as a novel approach.