The Local Switzerland

MAPS: Where do Switzerland's heaviest drinkers and smokers live?

Tue, 14 Jul 2020 19:32:25 +0200

New figures show which parts of Switzerland indulge and overindulge the most.

Six things we learned from the new Swiss Health Survey

Tue, 30 Oct 2018 21:03:48 +0100

Switzerland’s Federal Statistics Office on Tuesday released the latest edition of its wide-ranging health survey. Over 20,000 people aged 15 and over were asked about their health for the 2017 questionnaire. Here are some of the key findings.

Swiss report reveals drop in overweight school students

Wed, 06 Apr 2016 15:25:11 +0200

A sixth of pupils attending school in three major Swiss cities are still overweight, even though figures have fallen by nearly three percent in the last ten years, according to a report.

New Swiss centre hopes to tackle obesity 'epidemic'

Tue, 15 Mar 2016 12:41:39 +0100

A Swiss hospital and psychiatric centre are joining forces to offer a range of treatments to combat the country's growing problem of obesity.

Obesity turns into 'exploding nightmare': WHO report

Mon, 25 Jan 2016 23:36:21 +0100

Childhood obesity has reached alarming rates globally and become an "exploding nightmare" in developing countries, a commission for the Geneva-based World Health Organization says.

Urban living 'affects obesity': Lausanne study

Wed, 06 Jan 2016 11:38:08 +0100

Swiss researchers have concluded that the urban environment likely plays a key role in obesity levels of individuals based on a study of residents in the city of Lausanne.

WHO catches on to ketchup's 'hidden sugar'

Wed, 04 Mar 2015 17:06:53 +0100

The World Health Organization on Wednesday urged a dramatic drop in the consumption of sugar, "hidden" in everything from sodas and ketchup, as it steps up the fight against obesity.

Swiss tackle growing child obesity problem

Mon, 14 Oct 2013 13:16:00 +0200

Swiss children are consuming too much fast food and soft drinks and getting too little exercise, says a parenting expert who notes that one in five kids in Switzerland are overweight.

Swiss uncover why ex-smokers gain weight

Thu, 29 Aug 2013 20:19:00 +0200

Nervous nibbles alone do not explain the weight that people tend to gain when they give up smoking, Swiss researchers said Thursday, turning the spotlight instead on a bacterial shift in the intestines.

WHO calls for junk food taxes to beat obesity

Wed, 29 May 2013 13:36:16 +0200

Alarmed at expanding waistlines around the world, the UN's Geneva-based health agency has urged countries to get serious about reining in a ballooning obesity crisis, proposing an action plan that includes taxing unhealthy snacks and rules against marketing junk food to children.

Half of Swiss are overweight: study

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:38:42 +0100

A national study commissioned by the Federal Office of Public Health indicates that more than half of Switzerland's population is overweight.