Public Health Nutrition

Nutrition among food bank customers and households at risk of poverty

Nutritional and health status of children, adolescents and adults in households with children at risk of poverty (MEGA_kids)
Food insecurity among food bank users during the COVID-19 pandemic (Simmet & Ströbele-Benschop, 2021)
Food insecurity among food bank users (FINATA)
Impact of a smoking cessation program on the prevalence of smoking and food security among food bank users (Smoke-free; Simmet et al., 2020)
Migration background and consumption behavior of food bank users in Germany (Ströbele-Benschop et al., 2020)
Psychological dispositions of human eating behavior among food bank users
(Depa et al., 2018; Simmet et al., 2018)
A representative survey of food banks in Germany on donated food, offers, conditions and employees
Pilot intervention study to improve fruit and vegetable consumption among single men aged 50 and over with low social status (Depa et al., 2018)
Study on food poverty, health and nutritional behavior of the visitor collective of various food bank facilities in Germany (Depa et al., 2015)
A survey of lunch options for senior citizens in Stuttgart

Humboldt- Reloaded Projects

2023: The role of biodiversity as a selling point in the supermarket
2019: Nutrition education in elementary school
2018/19: Cultivation of a school garden
2017/18: “Superfoods - who buys them and why?”
2016: Nutrition education in kindergarten (PDF) with a focus on vegetable patch design
2016: Nutrition education for children and young people with reading difficulties
2015: Influence of eating habits on food intake - experimental study on the influence of the pouring order on food intake
2014: Further development of the “Journey through the garden year” (elementary school): We conquer the nutrition mountain (PDF) - on the way through the classroom and school kitchen
2013: Culinary journey through the garden year (PDF) with the Little Hohenheimers - developing a curriculum for nutrition education in a daycare center