The Scientific Advisory Board for Agricultural Policy, Food and Consumer Health Protection (WBAE) at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Home Affairs (BMLEH) has reconstituted itself at its inaugural meeting. The independent committee advises policymakers on key future topics of agricultural and food strategy.

A sugar tax on soft drinks is to be introduced in Germany from 2028. While the German government primarily wants to relieve the burden on health insurance companies, Professor Dr Anette Buyken from Paderborn University emphasises the enormous health significance of the measure in an interview. Read here why the tax is an important step against "patronising nutritional environments".

The NCH Institute invites all students and interested parties to a guided tour of the Strate brewery in Detmold. It starts on Wednesday, 20 May 2026, at 14:30. Are you interested? Then please register with Dr Jana Knies by 8 May 2026.

Overview of the offers in the Learning Centre J5.302 for summer semester 26

A recent statement with the participation of Professor Dr Anette Buyken from Paderborn University underlines the effectiveness of sweet drinks taxes in preventing diet-related diseases such as obesity and diabetes. Over 40 scientists support the call for the tax as an effective measure to reduce the burden on the healthcare system.

Professor Dr Anette Buyken explains in web.de magazine why a tax on sugary drinks and accompanying political measures are necessary to effectively reduce health risks such as obesity and diabetes.

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The audio report "What a sugar tax would achieve" from the programme Neugier genügt - Freifläche on Westdeutscher Rundfunk deals with the question of what effects a tax on sugary foods and drinks could have.

Paderborn University bid farewell to Professor Dr Kirsten Schlegel-Matthies on 1 March 2026 with a specialist conference and a celebratory colloquium - after more than two decades of work in home economics and the didactics of home economics.

On 9 March 2026, Prof Dr Nina Klünder will be a guest at the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Berlin to mark International Women's Day 2026. Under the title "Time is power - make time fair! Listen. Understand. Shaping time justice." she brings her academic perspective to the discussion on time justice, care work and gender equality.

Prof Dr Nina Klünder was a guest on 1LIVE and spoke about the phenomenon of so-called "tradwives". In the interview, she categorises the trend in social terms and discusses its significance against the backdrop of gender roles, care work and current debates on equality.

An article in Apotheken Umschau picks up on the current debate about a sugar tax and discusses whether it could effectively reduce sugar consumption - especially among children and adolescents. Prof Dr Anette Buyken from the Paderborn University is also involved. She emphasises that such a tax could, above all, encourage the industry to produce drinks with less sugar - an approach that has already proved effective in other countries. Click here…

Prof Dr Anette Buyken has been reappointed to the Scientific Advisory Board for Agricultural Policy, Nutrition and Consumer Health Protection (WBAE). This means that the public health nutrition expert will continue to contribute her research on healthy eating environments directly to the Federal Ministry in her second term of office. Find out more about her goals for a more sustainable nutrition policy.

With the publication "Families and Climate. Socio-ecological challenges and family perspectives for action", the Bundesforum Familie sheds light on the role of families in the socio-ecological transformation. The focus is on social framework conditions and concrete options for action in everyday life - also with regard to sustainable diets.