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# Swiss childhood cancer survivors' diets tracked social position, not cardiovascular risk
- URL: https://www.coios.me/swiss-childhood-cancer-survivors-diets-tracked-social/
- Published: 2026-09-25T12:25:12.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-25T20:55:12.000Z
- Description: Among 802 adult survivors of childhood cancer in Switzerland, five dietary patterns identified from a food frequency questionnaire varied by sex, age, language region, smoking and socioeconomic position, but showed no association with cardiovascular disease or its risk factors.
- Author: Daniel Ryan
- Tags: Behavioural science, Diet, exercise and sleep, Cancer, Obesity, diabetes and GLP-1, Switzerland, #preprint, #new, #item, #source-2026-09

Factor and cluster analysis of 52 food groups in 802 Swiss adults treated for cancer before the age of 21 identified five dietary patterns, the most common a Western indulgence diet at 38% and a Mediterranean-inspired diet at 22%. Patterns were associated with sex, age, language region, smoking, household composition and socioeconomic position. No dietary pattern was associated with having cardiovascular disease or cardiovascular risk factors.

*Why it is interesting: A null cross-sectional result on diet and cardiovascular risk in a survivor group usually assumed to be diet-sensitive.*

Source

[medRxiv, 23 September 2026](https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.09.22.26363621?ref=coios.me)

DOI

10.64898/2026.09.22.26363621

Type

Preprint

Design

Cross-sectional food frequency questionnaire study, 802 Swiss adult childhood cancer survivors diagnosed 1976-2005, surveyed from 2017

Verdict

New finding

Driver

[Diet, exercise and sleep](https://www.coios.me/d-diet-activity/)

Driver

[Cancer](https://www.coios.me/d-cancer/)

Driver

[Obesity, diabetes and GLP-1](https://www.coios.me/d-obesity-diabetes/)