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Prevention of diseases, especially of the cardiovascular system, in childhood and adolescence is a central research topic. We investigate cardiovascular risk factors in children, adolescents, young adults, and pregnant women, establish noninvasive, age- and gender-specific reference data, and record determinants of sports fitness in adolescent athletes. We develop physical activity concepts and evaluate prevention programs for healthy and chronically ill children and adolescents.
Prof. Dr. Michael Schaffrath, head of the Department of Media and Communication, and Dr. Thorsten Schulz, Research Associate at the Chair of Preventive Pediatrics, gave two lectures at the DOSB Trainer Academy in Cologne on June 28. In the auditorium were representatives of the Trainer…
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High-intensity interval training (HIIT) can be used as an adjunctive therapy for adult cancer patients and has a positive effect on some side effects of the disease as well as the therapy. Whether HIIT can also be used during the treatment of children and adolescents with cancer and what…
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As part of our project "Learning needs exercise - Fit and clever at school", the physical fitness of children and adolescents in the Bavarian Berchtesgadener Land district was examined from 2016-2020. In addition to motor skills, further parameters such as the ability to concentrate and…
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Physically fit primary school pupils feel better and can concentrate better. They are more likely to make it to higher-level secondary grammar schools than children with less sporting abilities. This has been confirmed for the first time in a study by the Department of Sport and Health…
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Once again this semester, the Bachelor students of Health Sciences at the Technical University of Munich organized two activity afternoons at the end of January as part of the seminar "Special aspects of health in different phases of life". All children of the Bavarian pediatric oncology…
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