Mauramo Elina, Salmela Jatta, Kanerva Noora, Raulio Susanna, Lallukka Tea
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 20, Helsinki, 00014, Finland.
Department of Food and Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
BMC Public Health. 2025 Apr 1;25(1):1237. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-22445-5.
Having lunch at the staff canteen has been shown to be associated with daily food consumption and generally healthier food habits in employed populations but associations with the consumption of different types of plant foods have not been investigated. This study among Finnish municipal employees examined whether having lunch at the staff canteen is associated with the consumption of a range of plant foods including fruit, berries, fresh and cooked vegetables and wholegrain bread.
Survey data from the Helsinki Health Study among female and male 19-39-year-old employees of the City of Helsinki, Finland, were used. The survey was conducted in 2017 (N = 5898, response rate 51.5%). A food frequency questionnaire was used to inquire about the overall consumption of food items during the last four weeks, with frequency categories ranging from 'not during the past 4 weeks' to 'two times or more daily'. Variables of daily/non-daily consumption and consumption times/four weeks were formed for each plant food item. Having lunch at the staff canteen was used as a dichotomy of 'yes/no'. Covariates included socioeconomic circumstances and working conditions. Logistic regression modelling was used for analysing the associations.
Employees who usually had lunch at the staff canteen (39%) consumed vegetables, but not berries, fruit or whole grain bread, more frequently than those who did not Having lunch at the staff canteen was associated with daily (vs. non-daily) consumption of both fresh vegetables (women OR 1.93, 95% CI 1.63-2.28; men OR 2.18, 1.68-2.83) and cooked vegetables (women OR 1.29, 1.11-1.51; men OR 1.75, 1.23-2.50). The observed associations remained after adjustments for socioeconomic circumstances and working conditions.
Having lunch at the staff canteen was associated with more frequent fresh and cooked vegetable consumption. The results warrant further studies, including interventions, investigating whether and how staff canteens could promote the consumption of plant foods among employees.
在员工食堂吃午餐已被证明与日常食物摄入量以及就业人群中更健康的饮食习惯有关，但与不同类型植物性食物消费之间的关联尚未得到研究。这项针对芬兰市政雇员的研究调查了在员工食堂吃午餐是否与包括水果、浆果、新鲜和熟蔬菜以及全麦面包在内的一系列植物性食物的消费有关。
使用了来自芬兰赫尔辛基市19 - 39岁男女雇员的赫尔辛基健康研究的调查数据。该调查于2017年进行（N = 5898，回复率51.5%）。使用食物频率问卷询问过去四周内食物项目的总体消费情况，频率类别从“过去4周内未食用”到“每天两次或更多次”。为每种植物性食物项目形成每日/非每日消费以及每四周消费次数的变量。在员工食堂吃午餐被用作“是/否”的二分变量。协变量包括社会经济状况和工作条件。采用逻辑回归模型分析关联。
通常在员工食堂吃午餐的员工（39%）比不在员工食堂吃午餐的员工更频繁地食用蔬菜，但不包括浆果、水果或全麦面包。在员工食堂吃午餐与新鲜蔬菜（女性比值比1.93，95%置信区间1.63 - 2.28；男性比值比2.18，1.68 - 2.83）和熟蔬菜（女性比值比1.29，1.11 - 1.51；男性比值比1.75，1.23 - 2.50）的每日（与非每日）消费均相关。在对社会经济状况和工作条件进行调整后，观察到的关联仍然存在。
在员工食堂吃午餐与更频繁地食用新鲜和熟蔬菜有关。这些结果值得进一步研究，包括干预措施，以调查员工食堂是否以及如何能够促进员工食用植物性食物。
