Dr. Franziska Pfister

MSc in Life Sciences; Food, Nutrition and Health

MSc in Nutrition and Dietetics

BSc in Nutrition and Dietetics

MSc in Healthcare Leadership

Public Health Nutrition (Block Developing Countries) (MSc Life Sciences)

Health Promotion and Prevention (BSc Nutrition and Dietetics)

Project Management im Health Care (BSc Nutrition and Dietetics)

Transfer Module (MSc Nutrition and Dietetics)

Public Health and Global Leadership (MSc in Healthcare Leadership)

Nutrition in people with a intellectual disability

Migration and Nutrition/Dietary Acculturation

Sustainable Nutrition

Malnutrition in Developing Countries

Nutrition Patterns of Somali Women living in Switzerland

Pfister, F., Uhlmann, K., Olalia, L., Kaufmann, B. (submitted). Beyond the Plate: A Qualitative Exploration of Intrapersonal Determinants of Dietary Practices among Adults with Intellectual Disabilities in Swiss Institutional Settings.

Pfister, F., Uhlmann, K., Olalia, L., Kaufmann, B. Institutional and interpersonal determinants of dietary practices of persons with intellectual disability in institutional accommodation in Switzerland: A qualitative study. BMC Public Health (2026). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-026-26794-7

Pfister, F., & Pozas, C. (2023). The influence of Chile’s food labeling and advertising law and other factors on dietary and physical activity behavior of elementary students in a peripheral region: a qualitative study. BMC Nutr 9(11). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-023-00671-7

Pfister, F., & Ribeli, J. (2022). An exploration of cultural influencing factors on dietary diversity in Malagasy children aged 6–59 months. In BMC Nutrition (Vol. 8, Issue 1). BioMed Central. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.16805

Messerli P., Salmi A., Herweg K., Pfister F. & Breu T. (2007). Bridging Research and Development: Partnership Actions for Mitigating Syndromes (PAMS) in the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) North-South – Capitalising on Experience. NCCR North-South Dialogue Paper. Bern: NCCR North-South.

Pfister, F., (2006). Integrating Gender – sensitive Approaches: A Challenge for Natural Sciences, In: S. Premchander & C. Müller (eds). Gender and Sustainable Development: Case Studies from NCCR North-South. Perspectives of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) North-South, University of Bern, Vol. 2. Berne: Geographica Bernensia, pp. 45-56.

Pfister, F., Bader, H.-P., Scheidegger, R. & Baccini, P. (2005). Dynamic Modelling of Resource Management for Farming Systems. Agricultural Systems, 86(1), pp. 1-28.

Pfister, F. & Baccini, P. (2005). Resource Potentials and Limitations of a Nicaraguan Agricultural Region. Journal of Environment, Development and Sustainability, 7(3), pp. 337-361.

Hurni, H., Messerli, P. & Pfister, F. (2004). Forschungspartnerschaft mit dem Süden. Die Schweiz etabliert ein neuartiges Instrument der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit. Zeitschrift Entwicklungspolitik, 18/19/2004, pp. 54-56.

Andrey, S., & Pfister, F. (2022). Die Sicht von Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund: wie sieht eine transkulturell kompetente Ernährungsberatung aus. In <i>Schweizer Zeitschrift für Ernährungsmedizin</i> (Vol. 20, Issue 4, pp. 6–10). Rosenfluh. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.18254

Pfister F. (2015). Ernährung - Verursacher und Opfer fehlender Nachhaltigkeit. SVDE Info, 1/2015, S. 4-6.

Beuret, N., Bosshard, T. & Pfister, F. (2014). Vitamin D-Versorgung bei Jugendlichen. Alimenta, 18/2014, S. 38-39.

Pfister, F., Bader, H.-P. & Scheidegger, R. (2004). Dynamische Modellierung eines agrokulturellen Systems in Nicaragua. In: Proceedings, Workshop “Simulation in Umwelt- und Geowissenschaften”, März 2004, Zentrum für Agrarlandschafts- und Landnutzungsforschung, Müncheberg, Deutschland, pp. 11-26.