Mediterranean diets and ethnic groups: useful lessons for extrapolation
We certainly would agree that further meta-analyses could be
strengthened by considering the Moslem community as a group with specific
dietary habits, and where neither pork nor alcohol forms part of what is
normally consumed in Northern Mediterranean regions, although such
communities co-exist here.
Perhaps Sofi et al. could provide more data as to ethnic differences. We
made a pilot study (ms. in preparation) regarding the dietary habits in
two immigrants communities: one was Moroccan and shows a shift in food
intake patterns.
Competing interests:
None declared.
Competing interests:
No competing interests
26 September 2008
Maria G. Joyanes
Researcher
Ingrid Outschoorn- ISCIII (Mº Ciencia e Innovación. Spain)
Rapid Response:
Mediterranean diets and ethnic groups: useful lessons for extrapolation
We certainly would agree that further meta-analyses could be
strengthened by considering the Moslem community as a group with specific
dietary habits, and where neither pork nor alcohol forms part of what is
normally consumed in Northern Mediterranean regions, although such
communities co-exist here.
Perhaps Sofi et al. could provide more data as to ethnic differences. We
made a pilot study (ms. in preparation) regarding the dietary habits in
two immigrants communities: one was Moroccan and shows a shift in food
intake patterns.
Competing interests:
None declared.
Competing interests: No competing interests