A counselling intervention for individual strategies to prevent complications and strengthen resources during pregnancy in gynaecological care (AOK-Family +): study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial.

Background: Lifestyle-related risk factors can increase complications during pregnancy and negatively impact the health of a mother and her child. Knowledge about these compliances among many pregnant women and women of childbearing age is lacking. In the study AOK-Family + , we propose the evaluation of a newly developed counselling intervention.

Beyond correlates: the social gradient in childhood overweight.

Background: Health (in)equity has a high priority on research and policy agendas. Even though it is known that inequalities in overweight prevalence accumulate with age and are already existent among children below the age of six, research on this topic is scarce. In this young age group, parents play an important role in preventing overweight and associated adverse consequences.

Sedentary time among primary school children in south-west Germany: amounts and correlates.

Background: Sedentary behaviour in children is related to different health consequences such as overweight and cardio-metabolic diseases that can track into adulthood. Previous studies have shown that children spend hours being sedentary, but no data of sedentary time (ST) among German children has been available, yet. Therefore, this study investigated objectively measured amounts and correlates of ST in a sample of German primary school children.

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.