- Last updated
- November 6, 2025
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- Organization
- Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO
- Categories
- Population and society, Health
Description
With “menuCH-Kids”, a national survey on the nutrition of children and adolescents in Switzerland was conducted for the first time. The collected data provide a comprehensive picture of their eating habits, lifestyle, and health status. A total of 1,852 randomly selected girls (51%) and boys (49%) aged 6 to 17 participated in the study. Data were collected in six study centres located across the three main language regions of Switzerland – Bellinzona, Bern, Lausanne, Lucerne, St. Gallen, and Zurich. Data were collected using 24-hour dietary recalls (two per person), questionnaires on lifestyle and eating habits, physical measurements, and blood and urine samples. To represent the Swiss population aged 6 to 17, the collected data were statistically weighted. This means that the results are representative of the Swiss population aged 6 to 17 years.
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Additional information
- Identifier
- menuCH-Kids_fragebogen@bundesamt-fur-lebensmittelsicherheit-und-veterinaerwesen-blv
- Issued date
- November 6, 2025
- Modified date
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- Conforms to
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- Publisher
- Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO
- Contact points
- Kompetenzzentrum Daten (DCC)
- Languages
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- English
- German
- French
- Italian
- Further information
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- Landing page
- https://www.blv.admin.ch/blv/de/home/lebensmittel-und-ernaehrung/forschung/gesundheitliche-risiken/ernaehrungsrisiken/menuch-kids.html
- Documentation
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- Temporal coverage
- February 1, 2023 - September 30, 2024
- Spatial coverage
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- Update interval
- Irregular
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