Are colourful meals healthier across meal types?

A current Ecological Momentary Assessment study on the relationship between perceived meal colour variety & nutritional quality has been published in Nutrients. Results indicate increased vegetable & reduced sweets consumption across different meal types. Find out more: www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/3/755

"Why we eat what we eat - or why we need fair food environments."
Prof. Dr. Britta Renner will speak on this topic at the DGE Congress 2021
on Wednesday, February 17 at 10 am at the Sustainability Symposium
Here is the link to attend the event:

www.dge.de/va/kongresse/wk58

Missed an episode? You can find all events of the lecture series on the WBAE's Sustainable Nutrition Report (“Politik für eine nachhaltigere Ernährung: Eine integrierte Ernährungspolitik entwickeln und faire Ernährungsumgebungen gestalten“) at:

To contain the spread of Covid-19, engagement in protective behaviors across the population is of great importance. The present study investigated protective behavior intentions during the early phases of Covid-19 in Germany (February 2-April 3, 2020) as a function of threat level and age using data from 4,940 participants in the EUCLID project. Results indicated that the intention to engage in social distancing increased sharply with threat level. Intentions for personal hygiene also increased, although to a lesser extent.

The Annual report of the Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour where we are a part of with our project in Area A " Individuell and collective appetite" is online now. The review summarizes all accomplishments in research, engagement, infrastructure, membership, grants and awards for the past 2 years of the DFG-funded Excellence Initiative.

Public health campaigns often encourage people to increase the consumption of vegetables and fruits while limiting sugar, fat, and salt intake. Furthermore, recent approaches increasingly suggest accumulating small behavioral shifts to change eating behavior. However, when individuals actually do notice a positive change in their diet behavior has rarely been studied to date. Accordingly, the present research examined the relationship between felt and actual changes in healthy food intake.

Psychological views on aging – our notions about aging, old age, and older people – are the topic of a special section of the December issue of the European Journal of Ageing (EJA). The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly amplified the timeliness of the research: Older people have been mostly regarded as one, barely differentiated risk group, as vulnerable, helpless, and in need of society’s protection.

Wunsch, K., Eckert, T., Fiedler, J., Cleven, L., Niermann, C., Reiterer, H., Renner., B., & Woll, A. (2020) Effects of a collective family-based mobile health intervention called “SMARTFAMILY” on promoting physical activity and healthy eating: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial. JMIR Publications, 9(11), e20534. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/20534

"Den Optimismus bewahren"

Die Corona-Regeln und -Maßnahmen ändern sich, je nach aktuellem Infektionsgeschehen. Da ist es gar nicht so leicht seinen Alltag zu planen. Gesundheitspsychologin Britta Renner sieht darin eine steigende Belastung für Bürgerinnen und Bürger. Den Optimismus sollte man deshalb trotzdem nicht verlieren. Sie unterrichtet an der Universität Konstanz.

Wir gratulieren Dr. Martin Imhof aus unserem RiskDynamics Team zum Wissenschaftspreis der Werner und Erika Messmer-Stiftung für seine neurowissenschaftliche Forschung im Projekt RiskDynamics.

Weitere Infos: www.uni-konstanz.de/diesacademicus/dies-academicus-2010-2020/dies-academicus-2020/