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Consumption of predefined 'Nordic' dietary items in ten European countries – an investigation in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort

Nina Roswall, Anja Olsen, Katja Boll, Jane Christensen, Jytte Halkjær, Thorkild IA Sørensen, Christina C Dahm, Kim Overvad, Françoise Clavel-Chapelon, Marie C Boutron-Ruault, Vanessa Cottet, Birgit Teucher (+32 others)
2014 Public Health Nutrition  

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Health-beneficial effects of adhering to a healthy Nordic diet index have been suggested. However, it has not been examined to what extent the included dietary components are exclusively related to the Nordic countries or if they are part of other European diets as well, suggesting a broader preventive potential. The present study describes the intake of seven a priori defined healthy food items (apples/pears, berries, cabbages, dark bread, shellfish, fish and root vegetables) across ten
more » ... es participating in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) and examines their consumption across Europe. Cross-sectional study. A 24 h dietary recall was administered through a software program containing country-specific recipes. Sex-specific mean food intake was calculated for each centre/country, as well as percentage of overall food groups consumed as healthy Nordic food items. All analyses were weighted by day and season of data collection. Multi-centre, European study. Persons (n 36 970) aged 35-74 years, constituting a random sample of 519 978 EPIC participants. The highest intakes of the included diet components were: cabbages and berries in Central Europe; apples/pears in Southern Europe; dark bread in Norway, Denmark and Greece; fish in Southern and Northern countries; shellfish in Spain; and root vegetables in Northern and Central Europe. Large inter-centre variation, however, existed in some countries. Dark bread, root vegetables and fish are strongly related to a Nordic dietary tradition. Apples/pears, berries, cabbages, fish, shellfish and root vegetables are broadly consumed in Europe, and may thus be included in regional public health campaigns.
doi:10.1017/s1368980014000159 pmid:24589249 pmcid:PMC10282376 fatcat:ywrea6scofaavpahtisnblsiyq
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Nina Roswall, Anja Olsen, Katja Boll, Jane Christensen, Jytte Halkjær, Thorkild IA Sørensen, Christina C Dahm, Kim Overvad, Françoise Clavel-Chapelon, Marie C Boutron-Ruault, Vanessa Cottet, Birgit Teucher, Rudolf Kaaks, Heiner Boeing, Anne von Ruesten, Antonia Trichopoulou, Eleni Oikonomou, Effie Vasilopoulou, Valeria Pala, Carlotta Sacerdote, Amalia Mattiello, Giovanna Masala, Petra HM Peeters, H Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Dagrun Engeset, Guri Skeie, Lene A Åsli, Pilar Amiano, Paula Jakszyn, Eva Ardanaz, José M Huerta, José R Quirós, Esther Molina-Montes, Lena M Nilsson, Ingegerd Johansson, Elisabet Wirfält, Isabel Drake, Angela A Mulligan, Kay T Khaw, Dora Romaguera, Anne-Claire Vergnaud, Tim Key, Elio Riboli, Anne Tjønneland. "Consumption of predefined 'Nordic' dietary items in ten European countries – an investigation in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort." Public Health Nutrition 17.12 (2014) 2650-2659