Social and Health Sciences: New Research Project funded by Federal Ministry of Health
“Familie+ - Zusammen gesund leben in Familie und Schule” is a project that focuses on the question how families could be reached and integrated in intervention programs in the context of preventing overweight and obesity in primary school aged children. The aim is to change energy-balance related behaviors (e.g. physical activity, sedentary behavior, dietary intake, and sleep) by using a participatory approach to develop, implement and evaluate behavior change strategies in schools and families. The main idea is to connect the most important settings of daily life in children – school and family. Energy-balance related behaviors develop and are maintained in both settings. Therefore, we aim to develop a link between family based and school based intervention strategies to address energy-balance related behaviors in both settings simultaneously. The “Familie+” approach will be implemented and evaluated in three communities in Germany. The project started in 2020 and will be funded for three years (total funding 767.000 EUR, University of Konstanz 278.00 EUR). It is a collaboration of the University of Leipzig (Prof. Petra Wagner), the Technical University Munich (Prof. Filip Mess) and the “Plattform für Bewegung und Ernährung e.V.” (Mirko Eichner). The Social and Health Science group has two workpackages in this project, firstly the leadership and coordination of the overall project and secondly, the development, implementation and evaluation of the family based intervention strategies.
Illustration 1: Anja Kretzer & Mirko Eichner (peb), Petra Wagner (Uni Leipzig), Christina Niermann & Martina Kanning (Uni Konstanz), Filip Mess (TU München)
Photo: Romy Schwaiger, Fakultät für Sport- und Gesundheitswissenschaften der TU München
