Nutrition

The Website "Kinder essen gesund" (Children eat healthily) provides you with a wealth of information on the subject of nutrition for children and young people. This includes handbooks, recommendations, brochures, recipes, games and much more. Parents, children, educators and other people responsible for communal catering, for example, can obtain information via a so-called Toolbox various tips and aids on the subject of healthy eating. The toolbox is a form with which you can filter your search according to target group and desired type of information.

It is also possible to send in your own materials. These will then be checked by a team of experts and, if necessary, included in the Toolbox recorded. Under the following Link you get to the Toolbox:

Sufficient and varied, conscious and balanced, healthy and enjoyable - that's how food should be. In the short videos on the Website it is precisely this diversity that becomes clear. The videos contain lots of helpful information and tips for children, young people and adults. This enables everyone to understand even better how valuable and important nutrition, food and foodstuffs are:

You can find recipe ideas for a balanced diet for children here:

In a picture book, Hans the squirrel explains how healthy eating works. Click here if you want to introduce the food pyramid to the little ones in a playful way:

Further recommendations on healthy eating at school and kindergarten can be found here:

Here you will find offers and projects of the federal states to make the nutrition of children and young people healthier:

Last update: July 28, 2025