Nutrition
Personalised nutritional advice
- for pregnant women
- for parents & families
- for children & teenagers
- for adults
- for seniors
- for food allergies and food intolerances
- for illnesses
- when shopping
Offers relating to nutrition
- Nutrition projects in kindergartens, schools and other social institutions
- Lectures, workshops, practical modules on various nutrition topics
- Menu analysis
- Hygiene counselling for handling food
Prevention materials to borrow
Smoothie bike
... is a bike that has been specially developed to blend fresh smoothies using human muscle power.
- Integrated blender station that is set in motion by pedalling
- Fruits, vegetables, yoghurt and similar ingredients are prepared into a delicious and healthy smoothie
- Promotes physical activity and a healthy lifestyle
- Fun and tasty drinks
- Suitable for schools, daycare centres and events
- can be borrowed from the Office for Health and Prevention
Daycare centre water bag
Age group 4 to 7 years
With the daycare centre water bag, children discover that tap water is a great drinking option. By choosing tap water, you can promote their health and protect our environment. Bye bye bottled water and sugary disposable drinks like Capri Sun and squeezies.
With the daycare centre water bag, daycare children from the age of 4 actively and with lots of fun discover
- what a central role water plays in their everyday lives,
- that tap water is a healthy and fair drink,
- the natural water cycle and the tap water cycle and
- that clean water is a valuable resource that is unequally distributed around the world.
The daycare centre water bag contains a landscape cloth with 32 picture cards to explore our water cycle, movement games, experiments, stimulating handicraft tasks, a sensory journey and the popular hand puppet "Tropfi", who can actively and enjoyably accompany the children during all educational units. Together they find out how drinking water gets into our taps and what a great and versatile drink it is.
The daycare centre water bag was developed by the association a tip: tap e. V. association.
Sugar game
How much sugar is in it?
Play and exercise box
The play and movement box contains a variety of play and movement materials that are designed to promote the physical and mental development of children in a playful way. The box contains balancing objects, ropes, balls, swinging towels, movement games as well as social and communicative games. It also offers numerous opportunities for joint games and interactions, allowing the children to strengthen their social skills and teamwork. The box can be used in both small and large groups.
Counselling and therapy for eating disorders
This service is aimed at adolescents and adults with eating disorders. It includes individual psychological counselling and support - including telephone counselling - and individual therapy if required.
Appointments can be made under:
Tel.:0371/488 5873
Send e-mail
Events and training courses
Practical nutrition education for children
The "I can cook!" initiative aims to inspire children between the ages of 3 and 10 to cook and eat a balanced diet - with the help of Germany's educational specialists and teachers.
Networking centre for daycare and school catering in Saxony
The networking centre aims to promote healthy and sustainable catering and to create an environment in daycare centres and schools that supports health. It provides advice, information and practical tools to improve the quality of catering in daycare centres and schools.
Adult Education Centre Chemnitz
The Chemnitz Adult Education Centre offers a variety of courses, workshops and events aimed at promoting knowledge about healthy eating, strengthening participants' nutritional skills, raising their awareness of healthy eating and giving them practical skills to integrate a balanced and nutritious diet into their everyday lives.The Chemnitz Adult Education Centre offers a wide range of courses, workshops and events aimed at promoting knowledge about healthy eating, strengthening participants' nutritional skills, raising their awareness of healthy eating and giving them practical skills to integrate a balanced and nutritious diet into their everyday lives.
Support programmes
EU school programme for fruit, vegetables and milk
24 daycare centres and schools in Chemnitz benefit in the current school year
A total of 24 facilities in Chemnitz are taking part in the EU school programme for fruit, vegetables and milk in the 2023/24 school year. Specifically, four daycare centres and 20 primary and special schools have been approved by the Saxon State Office for the Environment, Agriculture and Geology. All institutions that have applied and have not now been accepted remain on a waiting list. Should funds become available at a later date, further facilities may be admitted according to the order of random selection.
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Further information
DGE - Recommendations
DGE quality standards
Nutrition report
National quality centre for nutrition in nurseries and schools
Specialist portal on obesity
Information on the development and prevention of obesity in children and adolescents: