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Welcome to the WHO Collaborating Centre for Physical Activity and Public Health at FAU
The Department of Sport Science and Sport (DSS) at Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) is one of more than 800 high-ranking academic institutions globally that support the World Health Organization (WHO) in areas such as nursing, occupational health, communicable diseases, nutrition, mental health, chronic diseases and health technologies.
On behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health, the WHO CC for Physical Activity and Public Health has compiled comprehensive surveys on the promotion of physical activity in Germany.
In addition to the analysis on the promotion of physical activity among children and adolescents published in 2022, ...
On the 1st of February, we have started a new project the NEBB-Update: Updating and Further Developing the National Recommendations for Physical Activity and Physical Activity Promotion that is funded by the German Ministry of Health.
Physical activity is essential for health – but which recommen...
The 19th Meeting of the EU Physical Activity Focal Points Network took place in Brussels on 22-23 February. The aim of this collaborative effort was to foster knowledge exchange and strategic discussions to bolster physical activity promotion and policy monitoring throughout the region.
At the me...
Researchers from the WHO Collaborating Centre for Physical Activity and Public Health are collaborating with Dominik Bantle (league head) and Frank Grimm (head coach of the youth selection team) from the American Football Federation Hesse (www.afvh.de) to explore ways to reduce travel in Flag Footba...
Researchers from the WHO Collaborating Centre for Physical Activity and Public Health have increased efforts to engage the scientific community, policy-makers and sports organisations in discussions on how to promote physical activity in a sustainable way.
In 2023, Karim Abu-Omar (Co-Director of ...
