Fruit and vegetable consumption among migrants in Switzerland

Abstract

Objective: To assess the relative risk of low daily fruit and vegetable consumption for six large migrant groups in Switzerland. Design: Cross-sectional health survey carried out 2007 (Swiss Health Survey) and 2010 (Swiss Migrant Health Survey) in Switzerland. Multinomial logistic regression models were used to estimate relative risk rates (RRR) of migrants relative to Swiss nationals. Setting: Data obtained from representative samples of Swiss and foreign nationals living in Switzerland. Subjects: A random sample (n 14 637) of the Portuguese, German, Italian, Turkish, Serbian, Kosovan and Swiss permanent resident adult population (17-64 years old) was interviewed. Results: The proportion of participants who adhered to the recommended fruit and vegetable consumption was below one-third in all study populations. Compared with Swiss nationals, the relative risk of low daily fruit and vegetable intake relative to recommended intake was higher in Turkish nationals (RRR 5 2?92, 95 % CI 1?91, 4?48; P 5 0?0000) and Kosovan nationals (RRR 5 4?76, 95 % CI 3?01, 7?55; P 5 0?0000). The respective relative risks of Portuguese, Serbian, German and Italian nationals were not significantly different from the Swiss reference group. Conclusions: Initiatives for the promotion of fruit and vegetable consumption should continue to address the population at large. At the same time, programmes that are tailored to the specific needs of migrants from Turkey and Kosovo should be considered.

Can Self-Determination Explain Dietary Patterns Among Adults at Risk of or with Type 2 Diabetes? A Cross-Sectional Study in Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Areas in Stockholm

“…This result is inconsistent with previous studies that obtained strong correlations between autonomous motivation and fruits and vegetable intake [16,51]. A reason for this inconsistency could be the cultural diversity found in our study population and the different aspects of food socialisation they represent (cooking and eating behaviours including different commensality practices) [52], which could influence the sources of the regulation when following a healthy diet [53,54].…”

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“…These are all good sources of vitamin K. Similar results for the distribution of vegetable-derived vitamin K levels were found in 2013 study from the School of Health Professions, Zurich University of Applied Sciences. That study compared the fruit and vegetable consumption of migrants living in Switzerland, including Portuguese migrants, with their Swiss counterparts and showed that migrants from Portugal had a lower vegetable intake than the Swiss [35]. This result is in accordance with the present study, where Portuguese women in Switzerland are the group with the lowest vitamin K intake from vegetables, which indirectly shows the lower intake of vegetables in the diet in comparison with the control groups [13].…”

Systematic mapping review of the factors influencing dietary behaviour in ethnic minority groups living in Europe: a DEDIPAC study

“…As shown in Table 1 , the ‘social and cultural environment’ cluster contained the highest number of factors influencing dietary behaviours. These factors include cultural identity and desire to maintain traditional food identity [ 9 , 30 – 34 ], religious beliefs and prescriptions [ 25 , 35 – 38 ], social networks [ 10 ], social bonding [ 36 ], level of acculturation and socialization processes [ 10 , 29 , 34 ], social norms/social role of food [ 38 ] and gender [ 28 , 39 , 40 ]. Another set of factors was grouped under the cluster ‘accessibility of food’.…”