Symposium "Growing up healthy in daycare centers, schools and neighbourhoods - focus on promoting physical activity"
What do children need to grow up healthy?
Exercise, but also physical inactivity in children and young people, is still of central importance for healthy growing up. This is shown by various studies and surveys, including the Bremen school entry examinations. In particular, children and young people who live in poverty-stricken circumstances are more likely to be overweight or obese and their coordination skills are also unevenly developed. The coronavirus pandemic has further exacerbated this trend. Other aspects such as mental health and the design of outdoor spaces play an important role in this context.
This symposium will address the topic of physical activity for children and young people in different settings such as daycare centers, schools and neighborhoods. After introductory keynote speeches on promoting physical activity from the perspective of daycare centers, schools, neighborhoods and the sports sector, there will be a workshop phase in the afternoon in which the topic of promoting physical activity will be linked to various other relevant topics. Participants will have the opportunity to gain new practical knowledge and exchange ideas with each other. The specific topics can be found below.
The symposium is aimed at stakeholders from the fields of education and pedagogy (daycare centers and schools), health, social affairs, exercise, sport, nutrition, public health, consumer protection, neighborhood management, health insurance companies and politics, as well as anyone interested in the topic.
Program
09:45 Arrival with coffee and tea
10:00 a.m. Welcome and introduction
10:10 a.m. Greetings and thematic introduction
Prof. Dr. Hajo Zeeb, Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS
Promoting physical activity in daycare centers, schools and neighborhoods - what options does Bremen have?
10:20 a.m. Municipal exercise-related health promotion - more exercise in the neighborhood
Dr. Jana Semrau, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
10:50 a.m. Promoting physical activity in the elementary school environment - keeping children active
Dr. Mirko Brandes, Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS
11:10 a.m. Promoting physical activity in daycare centers - encouraging movement at an early age
Thomas Kaessler, Bremen State Sports Association
11:30 Panel discussion - how can this be implemented in Bremen?
Dr. Jana Semrau, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
Thomas Kaessler, Bremen State Sports Association Dr. Mirko Brandes, Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS
12:15 p.m. Lunch break
Selected practical aspects of promoting physical activity
1:15 p.m.
Parallel workshops
Workshop 1: Physical activity and mental health
Speaker: Melanie Schneider, LVG & AFS Nds. HB e. V.
Moderation: Dr. Mirko Brandes, Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS
Workshop 2: Getting children moving in the school setting
Speakers: N.N.
Workshop 3: Climate-friendly and movement-promoting outdoor spaces in daycare centers
Speaker: Andrea Wendland, Elisabeth Pötter, Wendland - Pötter - Kriebelt, Landschafts- und Freiraumplanung GbR
Moderation: Larissa Federmann & Stephanie Schmitz, LVG & AFS Nds. HB e. V.
14:45 hrs Coffee break
15:00 World Café and exchange on the workshops
15:45 End
Overall moderation
Marle Wilhelm & Dirk Gansefort, LVG & AFS Nds HB e. V.
Further information can be found here (in German).