{"title":"[Sport as an offer in institutions of open child and youth work : Study results on the use of sports facilities in youth centres, especially from the perspective of young people].","authors":"Gunda Voigts","doi":"10.1007/s00103-026-04319-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-026-04319-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>According to Social Code Book VIII § 11, institutions of open child and youth work in Germany are a place of child and youth welfare where the interests of young people are in the foreground. Young people use this place in a self-organized way to practice sports.This article provides an overview of elected findings of the state of research on sport in open child and youth work, beginning with a look at the official child and youth welfare statistics (2021) and the youth centre survey by the German Youth Institute (2018). Based on this, the focus of this article is on the results of a qualitative, subject-oriented interview study conducted in 2023 as part of the \"Move for health project\" and a quantitative online survey of adolescents. It is shown how sport is practiced by young people in institutions of open child and youth work and what significance it has for them.</p>","PeriodicalId":9562,"journal":{"name":"Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149227338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Franziska Reiß, Claudia Niessner, Anne Kaman, Carmen Volk, Steven Behn, Ann-Kathrin Napp, Anke Hanssen-Doose, Alexander Woll, Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer
{"title":"[Physical activity and mental health in childhood and adolescence: a summary of the evidence from three national studies].","authors":"Franziska Reiß, Claudia Niessner, Anne Kaman, Carmen Volk, Steven Behn, Ann-Kathrin Napp, Anke Hanssen-Doose, Alexander Woll, Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer","doi":"10.1007/s00103-026-04312-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-026-04312-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Young people are increasingly burdened by global crises. Physical activity (PA) is considered a key factor for mental health; however, for Germany, an integrated synthesis of population-based evidence is still lacking. The aim of this narrative overview is therefore to consolidate current findings on the association between PA and mental health.The analysis draws on three population-based studies conducted as module or follow-up studies in cooperation with the KiGGS study: the MoMo study (motor performance/physical activity), the BELLA and COPSY studies (mental health), and the COMO study (interdisciplinary integration). Nationwide representative samples of children and adolescents aged 4 to 23 years were examined using validated instruments to assess PA and mental health. Findings are synthesised narratively and reported by type of activity, age, sex and socioeconomic status.Overall, positive associations between PA and mental health are observed. Higher levels of PA are associated with fewer psychological problems and higher health-related quality of life. There is evidence of protective effects, particularly in relation to leisure-time sport, both within and outside sports clubs. Self-reported PA shows stronger associations with well-being than objectively measured PA. Children from socioeconomically disadvantaged families are less likely to be physically active and experience more mental health problems. Social integration and sense of competence in sport have been identified as further key psychosocial factors. PA can therefore be considered an important resource for promoting mental health. There is a need to promote low-threshold access to physical activity programmes that specifically target disadvantaged groups in order to reduce health inequalities.</p>","PeriodicalId":9562,"journal":{"name":"Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149227321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Karim Abu-Omar, Antonina Tcymbal, Sven Messing, Peter Gelius
{"title":"[Physical activity and physical activity promotion among people with a migration background in Germany].","authors":"Karim Abu-Omar, Antonina Tcymbal, Sven Messing, Peter Gelius","doi":"10.1007/s00103-026-04318-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-026-04318-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Health equity has gained increasing importance in physical activity and health promotion and is firmly established as an important goal both internationally and in Germany. As social inequalities and multiple disadvantages influence physical activity behavior, population groups facing particular barriers to access-including people with a migration background-should receive greater consideration in physical activity promotion. This article provides an overview of the current state of research on physical activity and physical activity promotion among people with a migration background in Germany.Representative data indicate that people with a migration background are less physically active than people without a migration background. Key barriers reported include limited financial resources, language barriers, restricted opportunities for physical activity, and cultural factors. Different forms of social disadvantage, for example those related to gender, socioeconomic status, and migration background, may intersect and reinforce barriers to access. Using the project \"Bewegung als Investition in Gesundheit\" (BIG; \"Physical Activity as an Investment in Health\") as an example, this article illustrates how participatory and target-group-specific interventions can be used to reach, in particular, women with a migration background.In addition to participatory and target-group-specific interventions, equitable physical activity promotion requires structural conditions that facilitate access to opportunities for physical activity. The sustainable implementation and scaling-up of such interventions can contribute to reducing barriers to access and promoting health equity.</p>","PeriodicalId":9562,"journal":{"name":"Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149223429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carlotta Kunst, Dominic Reichert, Johanna Rehder, Bernd Lenz, Marco Giurgiu, Markus Reichert
{"title":"[Promoting physical activity through digital technologies: everyday physical activity and mental health].","authors":"Carlotta Kunst, Dominic Reichert, Johanna Rehder, Bernd Lenz, Marco Giurgiu, Markus Reichert","doi":"10.1007/s00103-026-04320-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-026-04320-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Physical activity is essential for physical and mental health. Yet intentions to be active often do not translate into action in everyday life. Habits, situational influences and momentary experiences may contribute to this gap between intention and behaviour. Digital technologies can capture these factors and physical activity in daily life and support tailored interventions.This narrative review first outlines models of reflective and automatic influences on physical activity. It then introduces ambulatory assessment for repeatedly measuring physical activity and psychological experiences in daily life and wearables for passive data collection. Just-in-time adaptive interventions (JITAIs), which can provide activity prompts at suitable moments, are also described. Two research projects on addiction and depression illustrate how these prompts might encourage physical activity and influence clinically relevant features such as craving, subjective energy or drive. Digital health applications (DiGA) are discussed as a potential route into routine care.Digital physical activity promotion offers timely and individualized support. Limitations include measurement accuracy, data quality, sustained use and the limited role of dedicated physical activity promotion in digital applications for mental disorders. Blended care approaches, in which digital tools complement face-to-face treatment in everyday life, offer potential.</p>","PeriodicalId":9562,"journal":{"name":"Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149223413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David Kossmann, Anna Hirschbeck, Naiiri Khorikian-Ghazari, Moritz Bruno Petzold, Alkomiet Hasan, Astrid Röh
{"title":"[How comparable are physical activity data? Methodological differences and their implications for evidence-based policy decisions].","authors":"David Kossmann, Anna Hirschbeck, Naiiri Khorikian-Ghazari, Moritz Bruno Petzold, Alkomiet Hasan, Astrid Röh","doi":"10.1007/s00103-026-04316-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-026-04316-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Physical activity is a key determinant of health and plays a crucial role in the prevention of various chronic diseases and mental disorders. Numerous studies demonstrate the positive effects of regular physical activity on morbidity, mortality, and quality of life. Recent global analyses, such as the Lancet study by Strain et al. (2024), indicate comparatively high compliance with WHO physical activity recommendations in Germany and estimate the proportion of insufficiently active adults at around 12%. In contrast, national surveys report substantially higher rates of up to 54%.This discussion article takes this discrepancy as a starting point to compare and methodologically contextualize study findings. Differences in measurement instruments, survey modes, domains considered, operational definitions, and modelling approaches can substantially influence prevalence estimates and limit comparability across studies. Self-reported data may overestimate physical activity, while objective measures such as accelerometry present their own methodological challenges.Internationally modeled estimates provide valuable data for cross-country comparisons but should be interpreted in light of their methodological foundations when assessing the national situation. Further methodological development is needed in assessing physical activity. Combining self-report and objective measurement could help provide a more robust basis for evidence-based policy decisions to promote physical activity.</p>","PeriodicalId":9562,"journal":{"name":"Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149206540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marlene Ebster, Sonja Gscheidle, Saskia Lange, Thomas Weijburg, Matthias Arnold
{"title":"[An insight into the long/post COVID care situation in Germany-a rapid scoping review].","authors":"Marlene Ebster, Sonja Gscheidle, Saskia Lange, Thomas Weijburg, Matthias Arnold","doi":"10.1007/s00103-026-04313-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-026-04313-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Long/post COVID and related conditions such as myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and post-vaccination syndrome are associated with persistent functional impairments and are met with care structures in Germany that are difficult to navigate.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The rapid scoping review offers an insight into care structures, capacities, access, care pathways and gaps in care for these patient groups in the German healthcare system. It also takes into account patient and care provider perspectives.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study follows the recommendations of the Joanna Briggs Institute and the PRISMA ScR checklist for conducting (rapid) scoping reviews. A MEDLINE search was conducted from 2020 onwards with predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria for evidence sources related to care in Germany.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>44 evidence sources were included. General practitioners and paediatricians act as the first point of contact. Specialised outpatient clinics and rehabilitation facilities take on complex diagnostics and patient treatment. Care networks are rare. Navigating the healthcare system is characterised by information gaps, unclear responsibilities and long waiting times, so that those affected often organise their own care. Some report stigmatisation, misdiagnoses and stressful activation recommendations despite the risk of post exertional malaise.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Care is unevenly accessible, poorly coordinated and only limitedly evidence based. Shared knowledge and case databases, training, better diagnostic tools and robust efficacy studies are needed to improve access, management and safety of long/post COVID care.</p>","PeriodicalId":9562,"journal":{"name":"Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149206566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[The role of physical activity in obesity prevention].","authors":"Christine Joisten, Nina Ferrari","doi":"10.1007/s00103-026-04310-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-026-04310-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Obesity is a chronic, multifactorial disease whose development is influenced by genetic, neuroendocrine, psychosocial and environmental factors as well as physical inactivity. Therefore, physical activity is a central pillar in the prevention and treatment of obesity. As well as increasing energy expenditure, it affects muscle mass, insulin sensitivity, fat metabolism, inflammatory processes, mental health, sleep and functional capacity. This narrative review summarises current guidelines, meta-analyses and representative monitoring data on the role of physical activity across the lifespan with regard to both prevention and treatment.In terms of prevention, general and age-specific physical activity recommendations for moderate and vigorous activity and the reduction of prolonged periods of sitting apply. In terms of treatment, weight loss achievable through exercise alone is usually moderate in adults. However, physical activity is independently associated with significant improvements in body composition, fitness, metabolic health, mobility and quality of life.From a public health perspective, promoting physical activity also requires environmental approaches, such as safe walking and biking paths, attractive and accessible spaces for physical activity, activity-friendly educational and work environments, and healthcare services that avoid stigmatization. Physical literacy-as a competency-based construct comprising motivation, self-confidence, physical competence, knowledge and understanding-can help to establish physical activity as a long-term resource for health and well-being, rather than merely as a means of preventing weight gain or losing weight.</p>","PeriodicalId":9562,"journal":{"name":"Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149191210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Effects of climate change and weather on physical activity].","authors":"Sven Schneider, Selina Mencocco","doi":"10.1007/s00103-026-04314-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-026-04314-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>From a public health perspective, the health-promoting potential of physical activity is already not being fully utilized. Rising temperatures and other climate changes could further exacerbate existing physical inactivity. This narrative review therefore examines the relevance of climate and weather to physical activity and how climate change could affect physical activity patterns in the future.Numerous retrospective studies demonstrate, in particular, the importance of air temperature. While rising outdoor temperatures promote physical activity up to a certain point, activity levels decline again at high temperatures. Studies also show that physical activity during acute heat waves can be significantly reduced. The typical inverted U‑shaped relationship between air temperature and physical activity peaks at approximately 26 °C to 29 °C. However, it is influenced by other climatic elements as well as individual, temporal, and spatial factors, which complicates forecasts of future physical activity patterns. While physical activity can be modeled well retrospectively, projections therefore yield varying and sometimes contradictory results.It remains unclear at this point over what time periods and in what settings ongoing climate change will lead, overall, to an increase or a decrease in physical activity-for example, in Germany. Regardless, prevention strategies such as heat action plans and model heat protection plans should aim to counteract a further exacerbation of existing physical inactivity, particularly among vulnerable groups during the summer and heat waves.</p>","PeriodicalId":9562,"journal":{"name":"Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149191206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Physical activity promotion in all-day schools-challenges and opportunities].","authors":"Nils Neuber, Miriam Kehne","doi":"10.1007/s00103-026-04315-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-026-04315-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>With the introduction of all-day schools, pupils now spend considerably more time at school than they did in the twentieth century. This is associated with increased public responsibility for the development of young people. On the one hand, this means that more young people can be reached through educational provision, particularly children from socially disadvantaged backgrounds. On the other hand, the leisure behaviour of the younger generation is changing, not least in terms of their physical activity, play and sporting pursuits. Consequently, all-day schools are increasingly tasked with providing adequate opportunities for physical activity for young people.Against this background, this article examines the challenges and opportunities of all-day schooling for the comprehensive promotion of physical activity among children. Beginning with an educationally grounded clarification of the concept of physical activity promotion, the article examines guided and unguided movement activities in open all-day primary schools, drawing distinctions between them. The article then summarises the current state of research on physical activity promotion in all-day settings and outlines quality dimensions for physical activity, play and sport programmes. Finally, it advocates for the systematic integration of formal, non-formal and informal physical activities, emphasising the particular importance of unguided physical activity as part of children's everyday lives.</p>","PeriodicalId":9562,"journal":{"name":"Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149164352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Promoting participation in sports clubs: sports- and physical activity-oriented social work with people with disabilities].","authors":"Sina Eghbalpour, Pauline Reifferscheidt","doi":"10.1007/s00103-026-04317-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-026-04317-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Physical activity is an important resource for health, development and social participation in childhood and adolescence. For children and adolescents with disabilities, sport and movement can support motor development, psychosocial well-being, self-efficacy, and social inclusion, while also contributing to the prevention of chronic diseases and obesity. However, access to inclusive physical activity opportunities remains limited. Barriers include inaccessible facilities, insufficient transport and assistance services, a lack of low-threshold offers, and uncertainties among professionals in dealing with heterogeneous groups.Against the background of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, particularly Article 30 on participation in recreation, leisure, and sport, this article discusses practice-oriented approaches to physical activity promotion for children and adolescents with disabilities. Drawing on findings on participation in organized sport, the article highlights a persistent gap between interest in sport participation and actual access to inclusive sport structures.The article focuses on the potential of sport- and movement-oriented social work to strengthen participation-oriented health promotion. Particular attention is given to cooperation between sport clubs, schools, child and youth services, families, assistance services, and local communities. The article argues that inclusive physical activity promotion requires not only individual support, but also accessible structures, qualified professionals, and settings that take the everyday lives, preferences, and participation rights seriously.</p>","PeriodicalId":9562,"journal":{"name":"Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149134839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}