Dietary advice with the Oviva app
A balanced diet, more exercise, improved wellbeing: Oviva supports patients with health concerns such as obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure to make lasting changes to their lifestyle and to successfully lose weight. In most cases, standard health insurance covers the cost of Oviva dietary advice.
Tailored to your needs
Here at Oviva, we are constantly working to support you with the best app-guided therapy to help improve your lifestyle. Living with the symptoms and discomfort that go together with weight-related illnesses isn’t easy. To help you get back to better health, we offer one-to-one dietary coaching and psychotherapy (as requested). We focus on your symptoms, any discomfort you have, your diagnosis and your goals.
Obesity
- Leave obesity behind you (BMI 30-40)
- Make changes to your diet you can stick to. No calorie counting or restrictions
- Also improves concomitant diseases such as fatty liver disease, high cholesterol levels, cardiovascular diseases such as high blood pressure and sleep apnoea
Type 2 diabetes and other metabolic disorders
- Improve your blood sugar levels and reach your desired weight
- Find out which foods suit you best
- Also improves concomitant diseases such as impaired glucose tolerance, lipid metabolism disorders, rheumatic disorders, high blood pressure and thyroid disorders
High blood pressure and other cardiovascular diseases
- Lower high blood pressure and improve blood lipid levels
- Make changes to your diet you can stick to, improve your quality of life and keep your heart healthy
- Also beneficial for coronary heart conditions such as high cholesterol and triglyceride levels and cardiac arrhythmias
Pre- and post-bariatric surgery care
- Find out what’s important to consider in your diet before and after surgery
- Change your diet for good (before or after surgery)
- Also improves concomitant diseases such as fatty liver disease, raised cholesterol levels, cardiovascular diseases such as high blood pressure and sleep apnoea
Digestive disorders
- Reduce digestive symptoms such as diarrhoea, constipation, flatulence, heartburn and stomach pain
- Find out which foods suit you best
- Also beneficial for irritable bowel syndrome, CED (chronic inflammatory bowel disease), Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, gallstones, pancreatitis, gluten intolerance or food intolerances such as lactose, fructose or histamine intolerance.
Rheumatism and gout
- Relieve pain and increase mobility
- Find out which foods suit you best
Food allergies and intolerances
- Reduce digestive problems such as diarrhoea, constipation, flatulence, heartburn and stomach pain and prevent allergic reactions
- Find out which foods suit you best
- Also beneficial in cases of cross-reactivity (e.g. birch pollen, nut, pome fruit), food allergies and pseudo allergies
Kidney disease
- Adapt your diet to your kidney function or support kidney replacement therapy
- Also beneficial in cases of pre-dialytic renal failure, kidney stones, kidney failure, renal cell cancer, polycystic kidney disease (cystic kidneys).
Malnutrition
- Give your body the energy it needs
- Change your diet for good and ensure it is nutritious and varied
- Also beneficial in cases of unintentional weight loss , anorexia nervosa and bulimia, CED (chronic inflammatory bowel disease), COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), nutritional deficiencies such as protein or iron, chewing and swallowing difficulties.
Oviva benefits
- Personal: Our nutritionists advise you via chat, over the phone or in person at your doctor’s surgery.
- Straightforward: The Oviva app is the daily companion you can carry in your pocket.
- Effective: Oviva teaches you a more sustainable approach to your diet and lifestyle and helps you incorporate this into everyday life. Studies have repeatedly shown the success of our programmes.
- Costs covered by health insurance: In the presence of a medical diagnosis, standard health insurance covers the cost of the service (less the deductible and excess).
Selina Bürklin
Dietitian Bsc SVDE
Areas of specialisation: Obesity, nutritional psychology, lipometabolic disorders
Michele D’Ascanio
Dietitian Bsc
Specialties: Paediatrics, oncology, obesity and vegan nutrition
Alexandra Schibli
Dietitian HF SVDE
Special fields: Obesity, diabetes, metabolic diseases, food intolerances
Monica Menin
Dietitian Bsc
Areas of specialisation: Obesity, eating disorders, bariatric surgery and sports nutrition
The Oviva app: Your digital companion
Our dietary advice goes hand in hand with the innovative Oviva app. Our app lets you track your progress, speak to your health coach and find out more about health and nutrition. The Oviva app is a great way to record meals and activities quickly and easily, even when life gets busy and complicated. App-supported nutritional counselling is an innovative approach to achieve your goals and has been developed by experienced nutritionists, doctors and scientists.
The Oviva app is your daily companion. Once you register, we’ll send your personal app login details via email, so you can download the Oviva app and get started with these features.
Keep a journal
Snap photos of your daily meals effortlessly within the Oviva app.
Monitor your to-dos
Receive personalised recommendations to help you to work towards your goal.
Always keep your goal in sight
Track your progress toward your personal goals. Every step gets you closer to your goal and boosts your motivation.
Browse learning resources
Explore advice on nutrition, exercise, and motivation to improve your knowledge.
Stay connected
Connect with your Oviva coach anytime through the app.
Costs and benefits
- Standard health insurance usually covers the cost of Oviva dietary coaching (less the deductible and excess).
- Swiss health insurance providers generally cover 12 sessions per year.
- In some cases, additional medical referrals may be approved.