Wel­come to the web­site of the In­sti­tute for Nu­tri­tion, Con­sump­tion and Health

We are pleased that you would like to get to know us and our fields of activity better. The Institute consists of four departments: Nutritional Science, Lifestyle and Socioeconomics of the Private Household, Didactics of Home Economics and Public Health Nutrition.

The institute offers a comprehensive range of courses for Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes in the teaching profession

Hauptschule, Realschule and comprehensive schools (HRGe)

grammar schools and comprehensive schools (GyGe) and

vocational colleges (BK) in cooperation with the OWL University of Applied Sciences.

In addition, our institute is involved in the Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes for primary school teachers with a focus on natural and social sciences as well as Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes outside the teaching profession in sport. The topics are extremely diverse.

On our website you will find information about the degree programme, descriptions of the respective research and development focuses and the fields of activity of the respective groups.

Didactics of Home Economics

Public Health Nutrition

Nutritional Science

Lifestyle and socio-economics of the private household

If you have any questions, please contact our academic staff or our secretariat. We will be happy to help you!

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Institut für Ernährung, Konsum und Gesundheit

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News

07.07.2026

Live stream: Pan­el dis­cus­sion as part of the CoL­ab ‘Frugal In­nov­a­tions in Food Pro­duc­tion and the Green Trans­ition’

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21.05.2026

Sci­entif­ic Ad­vis­ory Board for Ag­ri­cul­tur­al Policy, Food and Con­sumer Health Pro­tec­tion starts new ap­point­ment peri­od

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21.05.2026

Sug­ar tax from 2028: UPB ex­pert Pro­fess­or Dr Buyken gives her opin­ion

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20.05.2026

Ex­cur­sion to the Strate private brew­ery in Det­mold

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Professors

Prof. Dr. Anette Buyken

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Prof. Dr. Nina Klünder

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Prof. Dr. Lars Libuda

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