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Children and young people in Bavaria sit too much and move too little. That's the result of the Physical Activity Report Card 2022. In the category "Physical fitness and physical activity", the score was only 4. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends one hour of physical activity per day.… [read more]

Children and young people in Germany sit too much and move too little. This is the result of the Physical Activity Report Card 2022, which was issued for the second time after 2018. The results are based on a worldwide survey by the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance, which examined the physical… [read more]

To improve the health of children and adolescents, the Department of Sport and Health Sciences has established a new science center. The "Center for Health Promotion and Prevention in Childhood and Adolescence" (CHAMPION) aims to further interdisciplinary research in the field of child health, with… [read more]

At the closed meeting of the Department Council of the Department of Sport and Health Sciences at Eibsee, Prof. Dr. Matthias Richter, head of the Chair of Social Determinants of Health, was unanimously elected as the new Vice Dean on October 11. In this interview, he talks about his first months at… [read more]

Vaccination willingness can be increased with simple labels and comparative information on side effects. A new study by the Assistant Professorship of Behavioral Science for Disease Prevention and Health Care of Prof. Dr. Nikkil Sudharsanan shows that the willingness to use a COVID-19 vaccine was… [read more]