Katarina L Matthes

Datos Biográficos

ID235678
NOMBREKatarina L Matthes
NOMBRESKatarina L
APELLIDOMatthes
FIRMAMATTHES K L
AFILIACIONESUniversity of Zurich
ORCID0000-0002-5263-3542
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS7
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR7
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2019
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2025
ÍNDICE H0

  • Fertility dynamics through historical pandemics and Covid-19 in Switzerland, 1871-2022

    Open AccessKatarina L Matthes, Mathilde Le Vu et al.ARTICLEPopulation Studies2025Referencias: 61

    We follow general fertility rates (GFRs) in Switzerland up to 2022, with a focus on their dynamics during and after pandemics. Historical influenza pandemics (1889-90, 1918-20, 1957) have consistently led to temporary declines in births between six and nine months after the pandemic peak. High rates of miscarriage may explain these findings. After the 1889-90 and 1918-20 pandemics, short-term baby booms occurred. For the recent Covid-19 pandemic,…

  • From pandemic to endemic

    Open AccessMarco Bernhard, Corina Leuch et al.ARTICLEEconomics & Human Biology2023

    In pandemics, past and present, there is no textbook definition of when a pandemic is over, and how and when exactly a respiratory virus transitions from pandemic to endemic spread. In this paper we have compared the 1918/19 influenza pandemic and the subsequent spread of seasonal flu until 1924. We analysed 14,125 reports of newly stated 32,198 influenza-like illnesses from the Swiss canton of Bern. We analysed the temporal and spatial spread at…

  • Selling, buying and eating – a synthesis study on dietary patterns across language regions in Switzerland

    Open AccessKatarina L Matthes, Christine A Zuberbuehler et al.ARTICLEBritish Food Journal2022

    Purpose Cross-cultural studies on differences in eating and consumer behavior have several limitations due to differences between countries, for example, in national health policies. Switzerland combines cultural diversity between the language regions, but with a common national health policy. Therefore, Switzerland provides an ideal framework to investigate cross-cultural eating and consumer behavior. The aim of this study was to combine food co…

  • The role of body height as a co‐factor of excess weight in Switzerland

    Open AccessMarc Rickenbacher, Nejla Gültekin et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Human Biology2022

    OBJECT: ) is a major health issue worldwide, including in Switzerland. For high-income countries, little attention has been paid to body height in context of excess weight. The aim of this study is to assess the importance of body height as a co-factor for excess weight in multiple large nationwide data sets. DATA AND METHODS: In this comparative study, we included the largest nationwide and population-based studies in the fields of public health…

  • Associations between hydration status, body composition, sociodemographic and lifestyle factors in the general population

    Open AccessTurgut Ekingen, Cynthia Sob et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    Sex, age, body composition, and physical activity influence body hydration. There seem to be differences in body water regulation between the sexes. Especially interesting are factors susceptible to preventive measures such as physical activity

  • Health and lifespan of Swiss men born in an alpine region in 1905–1907

    Open AccessElla Ziegler, Erik Postma et al.ARTICLEThe History of the Family2022Referencias: 8

    Body height and body mass index (BMI) are associated with later life outcomes in present and historical populations. We examine the case study of the Swiss Alpine canton of Glarus, which was highly industrialised at the beginning of the 20th century. Our study links conscription registers to genealogical registers at the individual level in Switzerland for the first time. We analyse whether body height, BMI, socioeconomic position (HISCLASS), reg…

  • Have Swiss adult males and females stopped growing taller? Evidence from the population-based nutrition survey menuCH, 2014/2015

    Open AccessLinda Vinci, Joël Floris et al.ARTICLEEconomics & Human Biology2019

    Data from the National Nutrition Survey for adults (menuCH) allow for the assessment of recent trends in measured height by year of birth for adult men and women from a population-based sample. The aim of the present study was to test if - similarly to conscripts and schoolchildren - the Swiss adult population stopped growing taller in recent birth cohorts, and if so, when the change occurred. We found that - when self-reported - height was overe…