No-meat eaters are less likely to be overweight or obese, but take dietary supplements more often: results from the Swiss National Nutrition survey menuCH.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe and analyse the sociodemographic, anthropometric, behavioural and dietary characteristics of different types of Swiss (no-)meat eaters.

Design

No-, low-, medium- and high-meat eaters were compared with respect to energy and total protein intake and sociodemographic, anthropometric and behavioural characteristics.

Setting

National Nutrition Survey menuCH, the first representative survey in Switzerland.

Participants

2057 participants, aged 18-75 years old, who completed two 24-h dietary recalls (24-HDR) and a questionnaire on dietary habits, sociodemographic and lifestyle factors. Body weight and height were measured by trained interviewers. No-meat eaters were participants who reported meat avoidance in the questionnaire and did not report

SUBMITTER: Steinbach L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10195288 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature