Design, Implementation, and Study Protocol of a Kindergarten-Based Health Promotion Intervention.

Inactivity and an unhealthy diet amongst others have led to an increased prevalence of overweight and obesity even in young children. Since most health behaviours develop during childhood health promotion has to start early. The setting kindergarten has been shown as ideal for such interventions.

[Daily ailments among healthy, middle-aged adults - Situation report and explanatory approaches].

Heading: Background: Physical performance steadily declines with increasing age even among healthy adults.

Methods: A sport scientific screening-battery was used to determine the relationship between physical performance - that is endurance, strength, coordination, flexibility - and typical daily ailments as measured by a questionnaire among 222 healthy, middle-aged women and men. Cardiopulmonary performance was estimated by a 2-km walking test.