de Groot L C, Hautvast J G, van Staveren W A
Department of Human Nutrition, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands.
Nutr Rev. 1992 Jul;50(7):185-94. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1992.tb01323.x.
In 1988 EURONUT, the umbrella European Community (EC) Concerted Action on Nutrition and Health, initiated a major European multicenter study, named SENECA,* to study cross-cultural differences in nutritional issues and life-style factors affecting health and performance of elderly people in Europe. According to a strictly standardized methodology, 2,586 elderly subjects--born between 1913 and 1918--have been studied in 19 towns across Europe, using a mixed longitudinal design. Data regarding nutrient and food intakes, diet habits, diet awareness, nutritional status, health, and life-style factors were collected and are partially presented in this paper. There was considerable variability from site to site--even within countries--in dietary intake, in both quantity and composition; blood biochemistries; life-style factors; health; and performance. Implications of the observed wide variability will be studied longitudinally.
1988年，欧洲营养问题共同体（EURONUT）——欧洲共同体（EC）在营养与健康方面的联合行动——发起了一项名为SENECA的大型欧洲多中心研究，以研究营养问题和生活方式因素方面的跨文化差异，这些因素会影响欧洲老年人的健康和身体机能。按照严格标准化的方法，在欧洲各地的19个城镇对2586名出生于1913年至1918年之间的老年受试者进行了研究，采用的是混合纵向设计。收集了有关营养素和食物摄入量、饮食习惯、饮食意识、营养状况、健康和生活方式因素的数据，本文部分呈现了这些数据。在饮食摄入量（包括数量和成分）、血液生化指标、生活方式因素、健康和身体机能方面，不同地点之间（甚至在同一个国家内）存在相当大的差异。观察到的这种广泛差异的影响将进行纵向研究。
