Nutrition AssessmentmenuCH-KidsNCT07204860
menuCH-Kids, the First Swiss National Nutrition Survey in Children and Adolescents
An observational study of Nutrition Assessment and Healthy Adolescents, run by Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisante), University of Lausanne, Switzerland at 6 sites in Switzerland.
Trial summary
Public health study on the nutritional status and eating habits of children and adolescents in Switzerland Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 6 to 17 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Nutrition Assessment, Healthy Adolescents, Healthy Children
- How many people
- 1,852 participants
- Where
- 6 sitesSwitzerland
- Study dates
- 17 Aug 2023to 30 Sep 2024
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 6 to 17 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child
Study population: Invited individuals were randomly selected from the Swiss cantonal population registries using the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) sampling frame. The sample of invited persons consisted in 6-17yo children and adolescents residing in Swiss municipalities located within a 30 minutes travel-time to the 6 investigation centers (Bellinzona, Bern, Lausanne, Luzern, St. Gallen, Zurich), stratified in three age groups : 6-9yo, 10-13yo, 14-17yo
Who may be able to join
- Healthy and free-living children aged between 6 and 17 years
- Permanent residents in Switzerland
- Participants and their legal guardian(s) must be able to read and speak German, French or Italian
- Informed consent provided
Who cannot join
- Known severe chronic disease (e.g. renal, gastrointestinal, cognitive disorder)
- Hospitalization (overnight stay in the last four weeks before the visit)
- Pregnancy and breastfeeding
- Insufficient knowledge of German, French or Italian or inability to understand the study and/or to provide informed consent
- Inability to come to recruitment center
- Refusal to be informed about study incidental findings concerning the child
Trial locations and contacts
6 sites in 1 country.
6 sites in 1 country
Switzerland6 sites
Ospedale Regionale di Bellinzona, Istituto Pediatrico della Svizzera Italiana
Bellinzona
Kinderklinik Inselspital
Bern
Unisante
Lausanne
Kinderspital Luzern (LUKS)
Lucerne
Ostschweizer Kinderspital (OKS)
Sankt Gallen
Universität Zürich
Zurich
About this study
Public health study on the nutritional status and eating habits of children and adolescents in Switzerland
Read the detailed description
This multicentric descriptive cross-sectional observational study, including randomly selected children from 6 to 17 years old living in six regions of Switzerland (Vaud, Bern, Zurich, Luzern, St Gallen, Ticino), provide valuable information on the nutritional status of Swiss children.
The aims of this study were to 1) characterize the diet and health behaviors of children and adolescents (who eats what, how much, when, where and with whom); 2) determine the nutritional status, energy and macro- and micro-nutrient intake of children and adolescents; 3) estimate the daily intake of contaminants and other harmful substances; 4) derive population-based national reference values for selected micronutrients and vitamins.
It collected high quality representative data on food consumption, dietary and health behaviours (two 24h recalls, which are extensive interviews qualitative and quantitative about the diet of the previous day, and an online questionnaire on food propensity and dietary habits, lifestyle and sociodemographic data) as well as anthropometric and body composition parameters, blood pressure and biological samples (urine spot, optional venous blood).
- Conditions
- Nutrition Assessment, Healthy Adolescents, Healthy Children, Population Study, Random Sample, Switzerland
- Keywords
- children, adolescents, nutrition biomarkers, 24HDRs, Swiss, populational nutrition survey, dietary assessement, diet
- Medical subject headings
- Feeding Behavior
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Dietary intake
Dietary intake was captured using two 24-hours recalls using GloboDiet, a multi-pass semi-automatic software, as well as a short food propensity questionaire (FPQ).
Measured: baseline
Nutritional biomarkers
Several nutritional biomarkers will be measured in urine and blood, including blood formula, glycated heamoglobin, lipids (cholesterol types, triglycerides), vitamins (D, B9, B12, beta-caroten), ferritin, calcium. More anaylsis will be performed as the biobanked samples will be analysed, a complete updated list will be available on the study data repository.
Measured: baseline
physical measurements
weight (kg), height (cm), blood pressure (mmHg), waist and hip circumference (cm)
Measured: baseline
Lifestyle
A questionnaire containing lifestyle information, including physical activity, screentime, sleep, eating and cooking habits, dietary supplements, health status. The full questionnaire content is available on the data repository website.
Measured: baseline
socio-demographic information
The questionnaire include information about the household, including parent's education and job type, household size, nationality etc. We also have information from the Federal Office of statistics, including typology of their adress (urban vs rural), a spatial socioeconomic proxy (Swiss-SEP), sex and age of the participant... A complete list is available on the study data repository.
Measured: baseline
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted2 Oct 2025
- Study start17 Aug 2023
- Primary completion30 Sep 2024
- Study completion30 Sep 2024
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Nutrition AssessmentStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Other
- Time perspective
- Cross-sectional
- Enrolment
- 1,852 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisante), University of Lausanne, Switzerland
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Kinderklinik Inselspital, Università della Svizzera italiana, Ospedale Regionale di Bellinzona, Universität Zürich, Ostschweizer Kinderspital, Kinderspital Luzern, Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale, Swiss Nutrition and Health Foundation, YouGov Schweiz
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07204860
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- menuCH-Kids_2022-01602
- Acronym
- menuCH-Kids
- Status last verified
- Sep 2025
- First submitted
- 18 Aug 2025
- Last updated
- 2 Oct 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes: All data will be accessible in a data repository from the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office, who mandeted and financed the study
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 2 Oct 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- menuCH-Kids, the First Swiss National Nutrition Survey in Children and Adolescents
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07204860
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- menuCH-Kids / menuCH-Kids_2022-01602
- Conditions
- Nutrition Assessment, Healthy Adolescents, Healthy Children, Population Study, Random Sample, Switzerland
- Keywords
- children, adolescents, nutrition biomarkers, 24HDRs, Swiss, populational nutrition survey, dietary assessement, diet
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 1,852 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisante), University of Lausanne, SwitzerlandUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Kinderklinik Inselspital, Università della Svizzera italiana, Ospedale Regionale di Bellinzona, Universität Zürich, Ostschweizer Kinderspital, Kinderspital Luzern, Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale, Swiss Nutrition and Health Foundation, YouGov Schweiz
- Study start
- 17 Aug 2023 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 30 Sep 2024 (actual)
- Study completion
- 30 Sep 2024 (actual)
- First posted
- 2 Oct 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Public health study on the nutritional status and eating habits of children and adolescents in Switzerland
Detailed description
This multicentric descriptive cross-sectional observational study, including randomly selected children from 6 to 17 years old living in six regions of Switzerland (Vaud, Bern, Zurich, Luzern, St Gallen, Ticino), provide valuable information on the nutritional status of Swiss children.
The aims of this study were to 1) characterize the diet and health behaviors of children and adolescents (who eats what, how much, when, where and with whom); 2) determine the nutritional status, energy and macro- and micro-nutrient intake of children and adolescents; 3) estimate the daily intake of contaminants and other harmful substances; 4) derive population-based national reference values for selected micronutrients and vitamins.
It collected high quality representative data on food consumption, dietary and health behaviours (two 24h recalls, which are extensive interviews qualitative and quantitative about the diet of the previous day, and an online questionnaire on food propensity and dietary habits, lifestyle and sociodemographic data) as well as anthropometric and body composition parameters, blood pressure and biological samples (urine spot, optional venous blood).
Study design
- Observational model
- Other
- Time perspective
- Cross-sectional
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 6 to 17 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child
- Study population
- Invited individuals were randomly selected from the Swiss cantonal population registries using the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) sampling frame. The sample of invited persons consisted in 6-17yo children and adolescents residing in Swiss municipalities located within a 30 minutes travel-time to the 6 investigation centers (Bellinzona, Bern, Lausanne, Luzern, St. Gallen, Zurich), stratified in three age groups : 6-9yo, 10-13yo, 14-17yo
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Healthy and free-living children aged between 6 and 17 years
- Permanent residents in Switzerland
- Participants and their legal guardian(s) must be able to read and speak German, French or Italian
- Informed consent provided
Key exclusion criteria (6 listed)
- Known severe chronic disease (e.g. renal, gastrointestinal, cognitive disorder)
- Hospitalization (overnight stay in the last four weeks before the visit)
- Pregnancy and breastfeeding
- Insufficient knowledge of German, French or Italian or inability to understand the study and/or to provide informed consent
- Inability to come to recruitment center
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Primary outcome
Dietary intake
Time frame: baseline
Dietary intake was captured using two 24-hours recalls using GloboDiet, a multi-pass semi-automatic software, as well as a short food propensity questionaire (FPQ).
Nutritional biomarkers
Time frame: baseline
Several nutritional biomarkers will be measured in urine and blood, including blood formula, glycated heamoglobin, lipids (cholesterol types, triglycerides), vitamins (D, B9, B12, beta-caroten), ferritin, calcium. More anaylsis will be performed as the biobanked samples will be analysed, a complete updated list will be available on the study data repository.
physical measurements
Time frame: baseline
weight (kg), height (cm), blood pressure (mmHg), waist and hip circumference (cm)
Lifestyle
Time frame: baseline
A questionnaire containing lifestyle information, including physical activity, screentime, sleep, eating and cooking habits, dietary supplements, health status. The full questionnaire content is available on the data repository website.
socio-demographic information
Time frame: baseline
The questionnaire include information about the household, including parent's education and job type, household size, nationality etc. We also have information from the Federal Office of statistics, including typology of their adress (urban vs rural), a spatial socioeconomic proxy (Swiss-SEP), sex and age of the participant... A complete list is available on the study data repository.
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 2 Oct 2025.
- website of the stuy. Results, data access links and other information can be found thereLink provided by the sponsor.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes. All data will be accessible in a data repository from the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office, who mandeted and financed the study
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
6 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Nutrition Assessment and Healthy Adolescents, run by Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisante), University of Lausanne, Switzerland at 6 sites in Switzerland.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Oct 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 6 sites in Switzerland. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Dietary intake (time frame: baseline). The study lists 5 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 2 Oct 2025.