Research - Public Health Nutrition | Paderborn University

General research priorities

Health promotion for children, adolescents and young adults (focus on school and university settings)
Primary prevention of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus
Importance of carbohydrate quality for health
Life-course epidemiology (focus: nutrition in critical phases during childhood and adolescence and its significance for health in adulthood)

News from research projects

Public Health Nutrition Governance in Germany: Analysing the distribution of legislative competencies and responsibilities in Germany's federal system; Developing a Länder Food Environment Policy Index

SMART-EAT: Nutrition education and decision support for a personalised, sustainable and healthy nutrition through immersive learning spaces

From evidence to implementation: an evidence assessment scheme for prioritised nutrition policy measures developed on the example of fiscal policy instruments

GlycoBrain: Effects of breakfast glycaemic index and reactive hypoglycaemia on the course of memory and attention among young adults - relevance of chronotype

Effect of a community-based lifestyle intervention on the improvement of health economic parameters in the primary and secondary prevention of lifestyle-related diseases in rural populations

Measuring the satisfaction of daycare centre children with the catering offer

Health-promoting leadership - challenges, opportunities and support needs of future managers

Completed research projects

Sugar consumption in German children and adolescents: Time trends and longer-term significance for fatty liver indices in young adulthood

Förderung durch das Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL) über die Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE) 2018-2020 (Projektleitung: Dr. Ute Alexy, übernommen von Prof. Anette Buyken)
Projekt an der der Universität Bonn, Außenlabor DONALD Studie (Ines Perrar, Dr. Ute Alexy, Prof. Thomas Remer) in Kooperation mit der Universität Paderborn (Prof. Anette Buyken), der University of Reading (Dr. Gunther Kuhnle) und dem Deutschen Diabetes Zentrum (Prof. Christian Herder, Prof. Michael Roden)

Relevance of carbohydrate nutrition for the development of diabetes risk makers during pregnancy

Projekt an der Sichuan University, Chengdu, China (Prof. Guo Cheng (Projektleitung) in Kooperation mit der Universität Paderborn (Prof. Anette Buyken, Karen Ward Della Corte)

Dietary Sugar intake: international time trends in intake levels among children and adolescents and aspects of its relevance for subclinical inflammation and insulin resistance among adults

Projekt an der Universität Paderborn (Karen Ward Della Corte, Prof. Anette Buyken) in Kooperation mit der Universität Bonn, Außenlabor DONALD Studie (Ines Perrar), dem Deutschen Diabetes Zentrum (Prof. Christian Herder) und dem Deutschen Institut für Ernährungsforschung (PD Dr. Lukas Schwingshackl)

Development of a concept for "Monitoring nutrition in daycare centres and schools" (KoModE)

Förderung durch das Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL) über die Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE) 2017-2018 (Projektleitung: Prof. Anette Buyken, Prof. Anja Kroke, Prof. Jana Rückert-John)
Gemeinsames Projekt der Universität Paderborn (Valeria Sladkova, Prof. Anette Buyken) und der Hochschule Fulda (Julia Depa, Catherina Jansen, Prof. Anja Kroke, Prof. Jana Rückert-John)

Gender-sensitive design of public health approaches for the optimisation of school provision

Förderung durch die Universität Paderborn im Rahmen der Förderlinie 3: Anreizsystem zur Steigerung des Frauenanteils an den Professuren, 2018
Projekt an der Universität Paderborn (Valeria Sladkova, Prof. Anette Buyken) in Kooperation mit der Hochschule Fulda (Prof. Jana Rückert-John)

Modern circadian eating pattern in childhood and adolescence: Characteristics, trends, determinants and relevance for overweight and type 2 diabetes risk

Flavonoid intake during adolescence: methodological aspects regarding its assessment and evaluation of its prospective relevance for cardiometabolic risk factors in young adulthood

Teilförderung durch den World Cancer Research Fund Netherlands (2014-2015) (Projektleitung: Prof Anette Buyken)
Gemeinsames Projekt an der Universität Paderborn (Katharina Penczynski, Prof. Anette Buyken – ehemals DONALD) und der Universität Bonn, Außenlabor DONALD Studie (Prof. Thomas Remer, Dr. Danika Krupp, Katja Bolzenius, Anna Bring) in Kooperation mit der Universität Bonn (Johanna Rienks, PD Sarah Egert), dem Deutschen Diabetes Zentrum (Prof. Christian Herder, Prof. Michael Roden, Dr. Daniel Markgraf), der Universität Gießen (Prof. Stefan Wudy) und der Kinderklinik Dortmund (PD Hermann Kalhoff)

CarbHealth: Carbohydrate staple foods - facing the challenge to improve their quality for a better metabolic health

The relevance of chronotype and infant feeding for the link between diurnal timing of food intake and overweight or type 2 diabetes risk

Public Health Nutrition Approaches to optimising school catering in the secondary school setting - development of a guideline for nutrition lessons (secondary school)

Perinatal and early life factors: relevance for cardiometabolic health in young adulthood