TY - JOUR

T1 - Consumption of predefined 'Nordic' dietary items in ten European countries - an investigation in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort

AU - Roswall, Nina

AU - Olsen, Anja

AU - Boll, Katja

AU - Christensen, Jane

AU - Halkjær, Jytte

AU - Sørensen, Thorkild I A

AU - Dahm, Christina C

AU - Overvad, Kim

AU - Clavel-Chapelon, Françoise

AU - Boutron-Ruault, Marie C

AU - Cottet, Vanessa

AU - Teucher, Birgit

AU - Kaaks, Rudolf

AU - Boeing, Heiner

AU - von Ruesten, Anne

AU - Trichopoulou, Antonia

AU - Oikonomou, Eleni

AU - Vasilopoulou, Effie

AU - Pala, Valeria

AU - Sacerdote, Carlotta

AU - Mattiello, Amalia

AU - Masala, Giovanna

AU - Peeters, Petra H M

AU - Bueno-de-Mesquita, H Bas

AU - Engeset, Dagrun

AU - Skeie, Guri

AU - Asli, Lene A

AU - Amiano, Pilar

AU - Jakszyn, Paula

AU - Ardanaz, Eva

AU - Huerta, José M

AU - Quirós, José R

AU - Molina-Montes, Esther

AU - Nilsson, Lena M

AU - Johansson, Ingegerd

AU - Wirfält, Elisabet

AU - Drake, Isabel

AU - Mulligan, Angela A

AU - Khaw, Kay T

AU - Romaguera, Dora

AU - Vergnaud, Anne-Claire

AU - Key, Tim

AU - Riboli, Elio

AU - Tjønneland, Anne

PY - 2014/12

Y1 - 2014/12

N2 - OBJECTIVE: 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 countries participating in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) and examines their consumption across Europe.DESIGN: 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.SETTING: Multi-centre, European study.SUBJECTS: Persons (n 36 970) aged 35-74 years, constituting a random sample of 519 978 EPIC participants.RESULTS: 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.CONCLUSIONS: 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.

AB - OBJECTIVE: 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 countries participating in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) and examines their consumption across Europe.DESIGN: 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.SETTING: Multi-centre, European study.SUBJECTS: Persons (n 36 970) aged 35-74 years, constituting a random sample of 519 978 EPIC participants.RESULTS: 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.CONCLUSIONS: 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.

U2 - 10.1017/S1368980014000159

DO - 10.1017/S1368980014000159

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 24589249

VL - 17

SP - 2650

EP - 2659

JO - Public Health Nutrition

JF - Public Health Nutrition

SN - 1368-9800

IS - 12

ER -