Excess weight (and its evolution) in Switzerland as assessed by BMI and waist circumference from various data sets

This research strand is focused on overweight and obesity (excess weight) in Switzerland. By adding the evolutionary perspective, we want to better understand the reasons behind this health issue (life-history theory, etc.). We analyse modern population monitoring data (schoolchildren and conscripts) and population-based surveys (e.g., menuCH) and identify groups at risk. A special focus is given to small-area patterns, also in combination with other data sets (Swiss Food Panel, Migros sales data, etc.).

• PD Dr. Kaspar Staub (PI)
• Prof. Dr. Dr. Frank Rühli
• Dr. Dr. Nicole Bender

• Prof. Dr. David Fäh
• Prof. Dr. Sabine Rohrmann
• Prof. Maciej Henneberg
• Swiss Armed Forces
• NCD RisC

• Staub, Kaspar; Floris, Joël; Koepke, Nikola; Trapp, Adrian; Nacht, Andreas; Schärli Maurer, Susanna; Rühli, Frank J; Bender, Nicole (2018). Associations between anthropometric indices, blood pressure and physical fitness performance in young Swiss men: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 8(6):e018664.

• Faeh, David; Staub, Kaspar; Rühli, Frank J; et al (2017). Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults. Lancet, 390(10113):2627-2642.

• Papandreou, Alexandra; Bopp, Matthias; Braun, Julia; Staub, Kaspar; Faeh, David (2017). Individual development and potential determinants of excess weight in children and adolescents: a longitudinal study. Swiss Medical Weekly, 147:w14501.

• Staub, Kaspar; Bender, Nicole; Floris, Joël; Pfister, Christian; Rühli, Frank J (2016). From undernutrition to overnutrition: the evolution of overweight and obesity among young men in Switzerland since the 19th century. Obesity Facts, 9(4):259-272.

• Panczak, Radoslaw; Held, Leonhard; Moser, André; Jones, Philip A; Rühli, Frank J; Staub, Kaspar (2016). Finding big shots: small-area mapping and spatial modelling of obesity among Swiss male conscripts. BMC Obesity, 3(10):1-12.

• Panczak, Radoslaw; Zwahlen, Marcel; Woitek, Ulrich; Rühli, Frank J; Staub, Kaspar (2014). Socioeconomic, Temporal and Regional Variation in Body Mass Index among 188,537 Swiss Male Conscripts Born between 1986 and 1992. PLoS ONE, 9(5):e96721.

• Swiss Federal Office of Public Health

• Mäxi Foundation