Vermes J P
Soz Praventivmed. 1987;32(2):91-7. doi: 10.1007/BF02083856.
After the publication of recent data on the higher cardiovascular mortality in the italian speaking region as compared to the rest of the country, the present study had for scope to search any differences in the nutritional habits of the population of the three main linguistic regions of Switzerland. The data where obtained from national enquiries (1977-1982) and gives informations about anthropometric parameters, quantity of food consumed and percentage of consumers for different food stuffs. The study reveals that swiss italian women are first in prevalence of obesity in Switzerland during the years 1979-1982. For what concerns the nutritional habits, the results are contradictory in the optic of cardiovascular prevention and are symptomatic of the double cultural influence: nordic with abundant meat and dairy products consumed and mediterranean with abundant cereal and olive oil consumed. Accent is put on the methodological limits of this study and on the necessity of epidemiological data for better guidance in health care politics.
在关于意大利语区心血管死亡率高于该国其他地区的近期数据公布之后，本研究旨在探寻瑞士三个主要语言区人群饮食习惯的差异。数据取自全国性调查（1977 - 1982年），提供了人体测量参数、食物消费量以及不同食品的消费者百分比等信息。研究表明，在1979 - 1982年间，瑞士意大利语区女性的肥胖患病率在瑞士居首。就饮食习惯而言，从心血管预防的角度来看，结果相互矛盾，体现了双重文化影响的特征：北欧文化中肉类和奶制品消费量大，而地中海文化中谷物和橄榄油消费量多。着重指出了本研究的方法学局限性以及获取流行病学数据对于在医疗保健政策方面提供更好指导的必要性。
