What does the Swiss population eat?

Characterization of food consumption, dietary patterns and lifestyle in the Swiss language regions

At a glance

Project leader : Dr. Sabine Rohrmann
Co-project leader : Prof. Dr. Christine Brombach, Dr. Janice Marie Sych
Project team : Dr. Faeh David, Dr. Ivo Kaelin, Prof. Dr. Wilkes Martin, Anna Wróbel
Project status : completed
Funding partner : Federal government (Bundesamt für Lebensmittelsicherheit und Veterinärwesen BLV)
Project partner : Universität Zürich / Institut für Epidemiologie, Biostatistik und Prävention
Contact person : Janice Marie Sych

Description

MenuCH data will be analysed in order to assess cultural differences between language regions of Switzerland with respect to consumption, dietary patterns, and associated lifestyle factors. Differences in consumption of meat and meat products; milk and dairy; and beverages, will be compared to nutritional recommendations and evaluat-ed for evidence-based health benefits and risks. A case study will establish the feasibility of relating red and pro-cessed meat consumption with colorectal cancer. Data-driven dietary patterns of menuCH data will be generated, compared with established dietary patterns such as a Mediterranean Diet or the Healthy Eating Index, and related to regional variations in prevalence/mortality of chronic non-communicable disease. Dietary information from Swiss Health Survey will be validated with corresponding menuCH data for food and beverage intake and by comparing associations between anthropometric parameters and dietary patterns with socioeconom-ic/demographic factors.

Publications

Tschanz, Linda; Kaelin, Ivo; Wróbel, Anna; Rohrmann, Sabine; Sych, Janice Marie,

2022.

Characterisation of meat consumption across sociodemographic, lifestyle and anthropometric groups in Switzerland : results from the National Nutrition Survey menuCH.

Public Health Nutrition.

25(11), pp. 3096-3106.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1017/S136898002200101X
Karavasiloglou, Nena; Pestoni, Giulia; Dehler, Anna; Sych, Janice Marie; Faeh, David; Rohrmann, Sabine,

2022.

Different dietary assessment methods, similar conclusions? : comparison of a country's adherence to food-based dietary guidelines as depicted in two population-based surveys using different dietary assessment methods.

Public Health Nutrition.

25(9), pp. 2395-2402.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980022000647
Pestoni, Giulia; Karavasiloglou, Nena; Braun, Julia; Krieger, Jean-Philippe; Sych, Janice Marie; Bopp, Matthias; Faeh, David; Gruebner, Oliver; Rohrmann, Sabine,

2021.

Does diet map with mortality? : Ecological association of dietary patterns with chronic disease mortality and its spatial dependence in Switzerland.

British Journal of Nutrition.

pp. 1-13.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114521001525
Tschanz, Linda; Kaelin, Ivo; Wróbel, Anna; Pestoni, Guilia; Rohrmann, Sabine; Herter-Aeberli, Isabelle; Sych, Janice Marie,

2021.

The first characterisation of meat consumption across sociodemographic, lifestyle and anthropometric groups in Switzerland : results from the National Nutrition Survey menuCH [poster].

In:

58. Wissenschaftlicher Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Ernährung, online, 17.-19. Februar 2021.

ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23891
Inanir, Dilara; Kaelin, Ivo; Pestoni, Giulia; Faeh, David; Müller, Nadina; Rohrmann, Sabine; Sych, Janice Marie,

2020.

Daily and meal-based assessment of dairy and corresponding protein intake in Switzerland : results from the National Nutrition Survey menuCH.

European Journal of Nutrition.

10(8).

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-020-02399-7
Steinbach, Lydia; Rohrmann, Sabine; Kaelin, Ivo; Krieger, Jean-Philippe; Pestoni, Giulia; Herter-Aeberli, Isabel; Faeh, David; Sych, Janice Marie,

2020.

No-meat eaters are less likely to be overweight or obese, but take dietary supplements more often : results from the Swiss National Nutrition survey menuCH.

Public Health Nutrition.

24(13), pp. 4156-4165.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980020003079
Sousa, Angelica; Sych, Janice Marie; Rohrmann, Sabine; Faeh, David,

2020.

The importance of sweet beverage definitions when targeting health policies : the case of Switzerland.

Nutrients.

12(7), pp. 1976.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12071976
Rohrmann, Sabine; Pestoni, Giulia; Krieger, Jean-Philippe; Faeh, David; Sych, Janice Marie; Chatelan, Angeline; Bochud, Murielle,

2020.

menuCH - wie ernährt sich die Schweiz.

Schweizer Zeitschrift für Ernährungsmedizin.

2020(1).
Inanir, Dilara; Kaelin, Ivo; Müller, Claudia; Rohrmann, Sabine; Sych, Janice Marie,

2019.

Dairy consumption and its distribution throughout the day in the Swiss language regions : results from the national nutrition survey menuCH.

In:

Lebensjahre in Gesundheit – was leistet die Ernährung? : Abstractband zum 56.Wissenschaftlichen Kongress.

56.Wissenschaftlichen Kongress Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ernährung, Giessen, Deutschland, 19.-21. März 2019.

Bonn:

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ernährung.
Pestoni, Giulia; Krieger, Jean-Philippe; Sych, Janice Marie; Faeh, David; Rohrmann, Sabine,

2019.

Cultural differences in diet and determinants of diet quality in Switzerland : results from the national nutrition survey menuCH.

Nutrients.

11(1), pp. 126.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11010126
Sych, Janice; Kaelin, Ivo; Gerlach, Fabienne; Wróbel, Anna; Le, Thu; FitzGerald, Rex; Pestoni, Giulia; Faeh, David; Krieger, Jean-Philippe; Rohrmann, Sabine,

2019.

Intake of processed meat and association with sociodemographic and lifestyle factors in a representative sample of the Swiss population.

Nutrients.

11(11), pp. 2556.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11112556
Krieger, Jean-Philippe; Chatelan, Angeline; Pestoni, Giulia; Sych, Janice Marie; Faeh, David; Bochud, Murielle; Rohrmann, Sabine,

2018.

Le type de déjeuner est-il associé à la qualité globale de l’alimentation en Suisse? Données de l’enquête nationale sur l’alimentation menuCH [poster].

In:

Swiss Public Health Conference 2018, Neuchâtel, 7-8 November 2018.
Sych, Janice Marie,

2018.

Determinants of diet quality and differences in food consumption between language regions of Switzerland.

In:

13. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Epidemiologie DGEpi, Bremen, 26.-28. September 2018.
Pestoni, G.; Krieger, J.-P.; Sych, J. M.; Fäh, D.; Rohrmann, S.,

2018.

Determinants of diet quality and differences in food consumption between Swiss language regions.

In:

Swiss Public Health Conference 2018, Neuchâtel, 7-8 November 2018.
Krieger, Jean-Philippe; Pestoni, Giulia; Cabaset, Sophie; Brombach, Christine; Sych, Janice Marie; Schader, Christian; Faeh, David; Rohrmann, Sabine,

2018.

Dietary patterns and their sociodemographic and lifestyle determinants in Switzerland : results from the national nutrition survey menuCH.

Nutrients.

11(1), pp. 62.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11010062
Krieger, Jean-Philippe; Chatelan, Angeline; Pestoni, Giulia; Sych, Janice Marie; Faeh, David; Bochud, Murielle; Rohrmann, Sabine,

2018.

Quels sont les types de déjeuner consommés en Suisse et sont-ils associés à la qualité globale de l'alimentation?.

Bulletin nutritionnel suisse.

2019, pp. 24-40.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.24444/blv-2018-0211

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