The First Swiss National Nutrition Survey in Children and Adolescents, menuCH-Kids: Study Design, Participants, and Data Quality
menuCH-Kids provides high-quality dietary and health data on Swiss youth. Low participation highlights the need for a weighting strategy including socioeconomic position to compensate biases.
Authors
- Loan Catalano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3926-4778)
- Giacomo D. Simonetti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8362-633X)
- Tanja Häusermann
- Aziz Chaouch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9893-0465)
- Franziska Righini‐Grunder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5762-8681)
- Christine Brombach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9216-9983)
- Angéline Chatelan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4326-4789)
- Sabine Rohrmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2215-1200)
- Julia Vincentini
- Klazine van der Horst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7265-428X)
- Sandrine Estoppey Younes
- Katja Uhlmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3622-2196)
- Christoph Saner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1380-0341)
- Christine A. Zuberbuehler
- Serge Rezzi
- Julien Riou
- Joëlle Schwitzguébel
- Franziska Isler
- Aline Siegfried-Troxler
- Federica Vanoni
- Pascal Müller
- Julia Dratva
- Murielle Bochud
- Suzanne Suggs
Institutions
- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (US)
- Bern University of Applied Sciences (CH)
- HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (CH)
- ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences (CH)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- European Society for Medical Oncology (CH)
- Yarmouk Private University (SY)
- University Hospital of Bern (CH)
- Prevention Institute (US)
- Federal Research Centre of Nutrition and Biotechnology (RU)
- Ospedale regionale di Lugano (CH)
- Institute of Oncology Research (CH)
- Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (CH)
- Ospedale Regionale di Bellinzona e Valli (CH)
- University Children's Hospital Zurich (CH)
- Centre universitaire de médecine générale et santé publique, Lausanne (CH)
- Ostschweizer Kinderspital (CH)
- Swiss National Science Foundation (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Public Health
- Published
- 2026-02-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2026.1609314
- Primary Topic
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Inselspital, Universitätsspital Bern
- Haute école Spécialisée de Suisse Occidentale