Grant: Project Grant

Research suggests that a healthier diet might protect the lungs from the health effects of air pollution. If true, diet could be a very important tool to protect people as the air and atmosphere changes alongside climate change. Because everyone in Canada is exposed to woodsmoke air pollution (from home heating, controlled burning for farming purposes, and wildfires), we will test whether and how a strategy to support healthier diet protects the lungs from woodsmoke. To do this, we will run a study where adults breathe in woodsmoke while they are supported to eat a healthier diet or not and compare how the lungs respond each time. When we support people to eat a healthier diet, we will give them advice on healthier eating and deliver meals and groceries to their homes with ingredients that meet healthy diet recommendations. We will look at the facts from this study to learn whether this healthier diet strategy protects the lungs from woodsmoke and how. We will also look at the facts to understand whether women or men respond differently to woodsmoke and the healthier diet strategy.