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• health promotion in Fachhochschule Nordhausen• lecturer Sheila Fitzgerald and 18 students• food quiz¹, survey², get information about healthy living

¹ 42 students² 54 students

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WHO definition of Health

„Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.“

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Our definition:• personal / job-related well-being• physical motion• balanced nutrition• good social surroundings• satisfied with the own body• being happy• enjoying lifestyle

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Facts about Germany:

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Overweight:

• 70% of men• 50% of women• every 6th child

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Smoking:

• 25% of adults + 4% occasional • 35% of men• 22% of women

• 1 out of 2 smokers die of a smoking related disease

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Drugs:

• 2010: 18.000 new consumers

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Alcohol:

• 2,5 million addicted people

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Sports:

• 60,3% sportsman• 39,7% little or no sports

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Survey:

→ Basal Metabolic Index (BMI)• male: • 55,5% normal, 5,6% underweight, 38,9% overweight (Ø 24,6)

• female: • 62,5% normal, 8,3% underweight, 29,2% overweight (Ø 22,4)

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Survey:

→ feelings about the own weight

• 46,3% about the right weight• 26% too heavy• 7,4% too light• 20,3% not sure

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Survey:→ smoking• 53,7% are smokers• 58,6% tried to stop smoking

→ alcohol• 31,5% drink 2-3 times a week• 37% drink 2-4 times a month• the rest monthly or never→ drugs• 72,2% no drugs, 27,8% take drugs

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Quiz:

• 42 participans• three different sizes of food• more than a half chose correctly

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Health aspects at our FH:

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Health aspects at our FH:

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Our average student of survey:

•feels in the right weight•eats regularly•smoker - tries to stop it•drinks alcohol 2-4 times a month•doesn´t take drugs

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Future:

→ smoke-free university?

•take the university of Konstanz as example•stop smoking support group•water dispenser•disability accessible university•everyday healthy balanced meal

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