Hermanides J, Belqhazi L, Michels R P J, Hoekstra J B L
Academisch Medisch Centrum/Universiteit van Amsterdam, afd. Interne Geneeskunde, F4-257, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam.
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2008 Nov 1;152(44):2415-7.
To investigate the relation between diabetes and food consumption on a population level.
Retrospective, descriptive.
Data were collected from the archives of the Public Health Service of Amsterdam and the diabetes aftercare outpatient clinic ('Diabetes Nazorg') in Utrecht, the Netherlands, to determine the incidence of diabetes between 1940 and 1950. The number of outpatient visits for newly-diagnosed diabetes in Amsterdam and Utrecht were used to investigate whether the incidence of diabetes decreased during World War II, when food was scarce.
Between 1940 and 1945 there was a considerable decrease in the incidence of diabetes in the Netherlands. The number of outpatient consultations at the Public Health Service of Amsterdam for newly-diagnosed diabetes declined from 140 in 1940 (18% of the total number of consultations) to only 3 in 1940 (2%). This figure rose to 112 (21%) in 1949.
The marked decrease in the number of new cases of diabetes during the last years ofWorld War II supports the hypothesis that shortage of food induced a decrease in the incidence of type 2 diabetes in The Netherlands.
在人群层面研究糖尿病与食物消费之间的关系。
回顾性、描述性研究。
从荷兰阿姆斯特丹公共卫生服务机构和乌得勒支糖尿病后续门诊诊所（“糖尿病随访”）的档案中收集数据，以确定1940年至1950年期间糖尿病的发病率。利用阿姆斯特丹和乌得勒支新诊断糖尿病的门诊就诊次数，调查在食物短缺的第二次世界大战期间糖尿病发病率是否下降。
1940年至1945年期间，荷兰糖尿病发病率大幅下降。阿姆斯特丹公共卫生服务机构新诊断糖尿病的门诊咨询次数从1940年的140次（占咨询总数的18%）降至1945年的仅3次（占2%）。这一数字在1949年升至112次（占21%）。
第二次世界大战最后几年糖尿病新病例数显著减少，支持了食物短缺导致荷兰2型糖尿病发病率下降这一假说。
