Angeline Chatelan

• PhD
• Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) at HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland

Background Sex differences exist in type 2 diabetes (T2D), and androgens have been implicated in the etiology of T2D in a sex-specific manner. We therefore aimed to investigate whether androgens play a role in explaining sex differences in glucose homeostasis and incidence of T2D. Methods We used observational data from the German population-based...

Zusammenfassung Erweiterte Rollen in nicht-ärztlichen Gesundheitsberufen, sogenannte Advanced Practice Rollen, werden als eine Antwort auf die vielfältigen Herausforderungen des Gesundheitssystems angesehen. Fachpersonen in Advanced Practice Rollen können Aufgaben übernehmen, die über ihren klassischen Verantwortungs- und Kompetenzbereich hinaus ge...

Context Several effects of non–sugar-sweetened beverage (NSSBs) intake on health outcomes have been reported; however, the evidence on the association between NSSBs intake and chronic diseases and mortality risk is still inconclusive. Objective This umbrella review aimed to summarize the evidence on the association between NSSBs intake and the ris...

Food marketing targeting children influences their choices and dietary habits, and mainly promotes food high in fat, sugar, and salt as well as ultra-processed food. The aim of this study was to assess the nutritional quality of food and beverages marketed to children over the age of 3 and available on the Swiss market. Products with at least one m...

Low-calorie sweeteners (LCSs) and LCS-containing beverages have been proposed as appropriate substitutes for caloric sugars in recent years. In this Perspective, we highlight the recent findings from observational and interventional studies, focusing on obesity, gut microbiome, and cardiometabolic health. We provide public health actors and health...

Objective To describe and discuss a 2-step methodology developed to select a reference society that provides Dietary Reference Values (DRVs) for national implementation and to illustrate its application in Switzerland with one macronutrient and one micronutrient. Design During Step 1, we searched and compared DRVs and methodologies used to define...

Purpose To investigate time trends in daily fruit consumption among Western European adolescents and in related socioeconomic inequalities. Methods We used nationally representative data from 18 countries participating in five rounds (2002 to 2018) of the cross-sectional “Health Behaviour in School-aged Children” (HBSC) survey (n = 458,973). The q...

Launched in November 2022, ChatGPT is an unprecedented publicly available and simple web interface that can "write" human-like texts. This artificial intelligence chatbot can be used in a variety of settings, including in the field of nutrition and dietetics. This article describes ChatGPT and discusses the possible opportunities and risks of using...

Objectives Individuals with spinal cord injury are at risk of secondary health conditions (SHC) that develop as a consequence of autonomic dysfunction, prolonged oxidative stress and inflammation, and physical inactivity coupled with inadequate energy and nutritional intake. SHC can be debilitating and even life-threatening, and its prevention rema...

Objective: Diet has a major influence on the formation and management of kidney stones. However, kidney stone formers' diet is difficult to capture in a large population. Our objective was to describe the dietary intake of kidney stone formers in Switzerland and to compare it to non-stone formers. Methods: We used data from the Swiss Kidney Ston...

Launched in late November 2022, ChatGPT is an unprecedented publicly available and simple web interface that can "write" human-like texts. This AI chatbot can be used in a variety of settings, including to practice nutrition and dietetics. This article describes ChatGPT and discusses the possible opportunities and risks of using ChatGPT in the prac...

Background: The WHO recommends soda taxes to reduce sugar consumption, but the effect across socioeconomic groups is unclear. Objectives: We assessed 16-y trends in daily soda consumption among adolescents in 4 European countries with a soda tax and 5 comparison countries, by family affluence. Methods: Five rounds of the international "Health...

Objective To examine changes in the proportions of daily, weekly, and occasional consumers of sugar-sweetened soda in six European countries that introduced/updated a tax between 2001/02 and 2017/18, and in neighbouring comparison countries (without a tax) Design Repeated cross-sectional surveys Setting Health Behaviour in School-aged Children st...

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are associated with lower diet quality and several non-communicable diseases. Their consumption varies between countries/regions of the world. We aimed to describe the consumption of UPFs in adults aged 18–75 years living in Switzerland. We analysed data from the national food consumption survey conducted among 2085 par...

Purpose To assess country-level trends in the prevalence of daily consumption of sugary (2002–2018) and diet (2006–2018) soft drinks among European adolescents, overall and by family material affluence. Methods We used 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018 data from the ‘Health Behaviour in School-aged Children’ survey. Nationally representative samples...

Background & Aims Vitamin D is an essential micronutrient in multiple cellular and physiological regulatory processes including related bone health. Several European surveys including children and adolescents have reported a low vitamin D intake and high prevalence of insufficient or even deficient vitamin D status. In Switzerland, no recent data a...

Background Trends of increased complexity in family structure have developed alongside increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity. This study examines cross-national variations in the likelihood of living with overweight and obesity among adolescents living with one parent versus two parents, as well as the influence of living with stepparents...

Purpose Overweight and obesity are associated with poor mental health in adolescents. However, little is known about whether the influence of overweight and obesity on mental well-being is mediated by self-perceived body weight. Exploring the mechanisms underlying the relationships between obesity and mental well-being is of interest to policy make...

Digital dietary assessment devices could help overcome the limitations of traditional tools to assess dietary intake in clinical and/or epidemiological studies. We evaluated the accuracy of the automated dietary app MyFoodRepo (MFR) against controlled reference values from weighted food diaries (WFD). MFR’s capability to identify, classify and anal...

Background High intake of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) contributes to childhood obesity. In Europe, time trends in the consumption of SSBs and artificially sweetened beverages (ASBs) are limited. In addition, differences in the methodologies hinders cross-national comparisons. We described temporal trends in the prevalence of daily consumption...

Purpose High intake of sugary soft drinks (SSDs or sodas) contributes to detrimental cardio-metabolic indicators in youth. Monitoring SSD consumption is informative for risk assessment but lacking in Eastern Europe. This study aims at describing time trends in the national prevalence of daily consumption of SSDs and related socioeconomic difference...

Background High intake of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) contributes to detrimental cardio-metabolic indicators in youth. Monitoring of SSB consumption is lacking in Eastern Europe. Objectives We assessed trends in the prevalence of adolescent daily consumption of SSBs in 14 Eastern European countries between 2002 and 2018, both overall and acco...

Body weight dissatisfaction is associated with unhealthy dietary behaviours in young adults, but data are scarce regarding how this relationship evolves with age. The objectives of the present study were to assess the prevalence of body weight dissatisfaction and the association between body weight dissatisfaction, nutrient intake and diet quality...

Childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) are at increased risk of developing chronic health conditions. This may potentially be reduced by a balanced diet. We aimed to compare dietary intake and diet quality using the Alternative Healthy Eating Index (AHEI) of adult CCSs and the general Swiss population. A food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) was completed...

Several tools assessing diet quality have been developed over the last decades, but their use in public health and clinical practice is limited because they necessitate detailed quantitative assessment of food intake. Our goal was to develop and validate a score (Score d’Alimentation Saine, SCASA) based on a short self-administrated online question...

Recommandations visant à limiter les inégalités sociales de santé issues de l’analyse des écrits scientifiques disponibles : • Mettre en avant en premier lieu : 1) la promotion de l’accessibilité physique à l’eau et la restriction de l’accès aux boissons sucrées dans les établissements publics et toutes les communautés, et 2) la réduction de la qu...

Introduction et but de l’étude L’insatisfaction liée au poids corporel est associée à des comportements alimentaires malsains chez les jeunes, mais les données sont rares sur la façon dont cette relation évolue avec l’âge. Notre étude visait : – à évaluer la prévalence de l’insatisfaction liée au poids corporel chez les femmes de 50 à 75 ans ; – à...

Mit der Erhebung menuCH liegen erstmals repräsentative Daten zur Ernährung der Schweizer Bevölkerung vor. Sie bestätigen ältere Erkenntnisse, liefern aber insgesamt mehr Details auch zu den kulturellen Unterschieden. Vor allem aber zeigt die menuCH-Studie, dass die Ernährung der Schweizer Bevölkerung unausgewogen ist.

Given the limited amount of current evidence linking total water intake to health outcomes, further data would be needed to guide evidence-based recommendations on water intake. In particular, scientific evidence on the levels of long-term water intake needed to reduce the risk of common chronic diseases is currently limited.

Caffeine is a natural psychostimulant with a potentially positive impact on health when consumed in moderation and a negative impact at high dose (> 400 mg/day). So far, no study has examined self-reported caffeine consumption in Switzerland. Our objectives were to determine 1) the caffeine consumption per adult, 2) the main sources of caffeine int...

Although overexposure to solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is responsible for cutaneous melanoma and epithelial skin cancer and can cause negative health effects such as sunburn, a “little and often” exposure regime is often suggested to produce naturally recommended vitamin D levels, being essential for skeletal health. This study aimed to quantif...

In the original article, the authorship list was given as “A. Religi1, C. Backes2,3, A. Chatelan2, J.-L. Bulliard2, L. Vuilleumier4, L. Moccozet1, M. Bochud2, D. Vernez3”. This has been updated to “A. Religi*1, C. Backes*2,3, A. Chatelan2, J.-L. Bulliard2, L. Vuilleumier4, L. Moccozet1, M. Bochud 2, D. Vernez3”.

Background: Micronutrient deficiencies and suboptimal status in early life can lead to chronic conditions, such as anaemia and intellectual disability, and later in life, to long-term health problems (e.g., cardio-vascular disease, cancer, osteoporosis). Objective: To explore micronutrient status in Swiss children and adolescents in a pilot study....

Socioeconomically disadvantaged people are disproportionally more likely to develop obesity and obesity-related diseases. However, it remains unclear to what extent diet quality contributes to socioeconomic inequalities in obesity. We aimed to assess the role of diet quality in the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and obesity. Data or...

Socioeconomically disadvantaged people are disproportionally more likely to develop obesity and obesity-related diseases. However, it remains unclear to what extent diet quality contributes to socioeconomic inequalities in obesity. We aimed to assess the role of diet quality in the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and obesity. Data or...

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends reducing free sugars to less than 10% of total energy intake (TEI) due to their potential implications in weight gain and dental caries. Our objectives were to (1) estimate the intake of total, added, and free sugars, (2) define the main sugar sources, and (3) evaluate the adherence to sugar guidelines...

Nutrition is a major modifiable determinant of health. National nutrition surveys are essential tools to monitor the population nutritional status and guide nutrition policies. Switzerland conducted its first national survey, menuCH, in 2014-2015. A total of 2 086 Swiss residents aged 18 to 75 years old were interviewed and their diet assessed usin...

Background: Childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) are at increased risk of developing chronic health conditions, which may be reduced by following a healthy lifestyle including a good diet. Objectives: This study compared the dietary intake and quality of CCSs and the general population. Design: As part of the Swiss Childhood Cancer Survivor Study,...

High-income countries are experiencing an obesity epidemic that follows a socioeconomic gradient, affecting groups of lower socioeconomic status disproportionately. Recent clinical findings have suggested new perspectives for the prevention and treatment of obesity, using personalized dietary approaches. Precision nutrition (PN), also called person...

Le but de cette étude était de définir les différents types de déjeuner consommés par la population de Suisse et d’analyser leur association avec la qualité globale de l’alimentation. Les participants à l’enquête nationale suisse sur l’alimentation menuCH (N = 2057 ; 18 à 75 ans) ont été classés sur la base de deux rappels alimentaires de 24 h...

Little is known about the diet and nutritional status of Swiss children and adolescents. In 2014-2015 the first national nutrition survey, menuCH, has been only performed in adults. Before setting up a national nutrition survey among children and adolescents, age-specific methodologies and acceptability for bio-sample collection needed to be tested...

Little is known on the effect of sodium intake on BP of children with clinical conditions. Our objective was therefore to review systematically studies that have assessed the association between sodium intake and BP in children with various clinical conditions. A systematic search of several databases was conducted and supplemented by a manual sear...

Background Evidence from experimental and observational studies is limited regarding the most favorable breakfast composition to prevent abdominal fat accumulation. We explored the association between breakfast composition (a posteriori derived dietary patterns) and abdominal obesity among regular breakfast eaters from a Swiss population-based samp...

Western countries are experiencing an obesity epidemic that follows a socio-economic gradient, affecting groups of lower socio-economic status disproportionately. Recent clinical findings have suggested new perspectives for the prevention and treatment of obesity using personalized dietary approaches. Precision nutrition has been developed to deliv...

Introduction Abdominal obesity is a strong predictor of cardio-metabolic abnormalities. There is limited evidence about the most favorable breakfast composition. We explored the association between data-driven breakfast dietary patterns and abdominal obesity in regular breakfast eaters coming from a national population-based sample. Methods The cr...

Background: High sodium intake is a cause of elevated blood pressure in adults. In children and adolescents, less evidence is available and findings are equivocal. We systematically reviewed the evidence from experimental and observational studies on the association between sodium intake and blood pressure in children and adolescents. Methods: A...

This paper informs about the implementation of the first trilingual Swiss nutrition pilot survey and lessons learnt in terms of recruitment, participation, data collection feasibility, and data management. The population-based cross-sectional nutrition pilot survey took place between June and November 2013. Six trained dietitians interviewed 276 ad...

Introduction Switzerland is at the crossroads between Germany, France and Italy, three countries differing by eating habits and diet quality. There are significant variations in mortality rates for some diet-related chronic diseases across the German-, French-, and Italian-speaking regions of Switzerland. Objective We assessed the compliance to th...

Background: Switzerland’s central location places it at the crossroads between Germany, France and Italy, three countries differing by dietary habits. Objective: We explored differences in diet as well as compliance to the Swiss food-based dietary guidelines (FBDG) across the German-, French-, and Italian-speaking regions of Switzerland. Design: F...

Switzerland is a multilingual country located between Germany, France and Italy, which differ by dietary habits and related outcomes. We explored differences in food consumption as well as compliance to the Swiss food-based dietary guidelines (FBDG) across the German-, French-, and Italian-speaking regions. The 2014–2015 nationwide cross-sectional...

Background: So far, Switzerland could not rely on nationally representative data on measured anthropometric data and eating behaviors when establishing health related strategies and guidelines. The data from the first National Nutrition Survey for adults (menuCH) now complement information from other surveys, to inform public health policies and he...

INTRODUCTION: Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. In adults, high sodium intake is associated with elevated blood pressure. In children, experimental studies have shown that reducing sodium intake can reduce blood pressure. However, their external validity is limited, notably because the sodium reduction was substantial...

Most results from food consumption surveys in high-income countries are adjusted for seasonality. However, due to market globalization and high availability of various foods all around the year, this may have become unnecessary. This study aims at describing food consumption across seasons using data from the first National Nutrition Survey in Swit...

Background: Malnutrition prevalence among hemodialysis patients is high and associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Early malnutrition risk screening, assessment and monitoring of nutritional status are recommended. However they are difficult to implement in the absence of practical tools requiring reasonable workloads. The aim was to d...