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Prevention of diseases, especially of the cardiovascular system, in childhood and adolescence is a central research topic. We investigate cardiovascular risk factors in children, adolescents, young adults, and pregnant women, establish noninvasive, age- and gender-specific reference data, and record determinants of sports fitness in adolescent athletes. We develop physical activity concepts and evaluate prevention programs for healthy and chronically ill children and adolescents.
Well-fed, in motion and stress-free, we launched our virtual health promotion offerings at the beginning of the year as part of the "National and International Health Regions" seminar. On January 17 and 19, 2022, we, 30 Bachelor students in Health Sciences and our lecturers Sabine Kesting…
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“Advent, Advent, der Sportschuh (b)rennt! “- This was the topic under which students of the Technical University of Munich made the children of the Guardini Elementary School sweat on 21.12.21.
In line with the hygiene standards effective at this time, the bachelor students of the Health…
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Dr. Sabine Kesting reports in the imPuls podcast of the German Heart Foundation about a current research project on heart health after cancer therapy in childhood and adolescence. She also explains why exercise are so important, especially for this group of patients, and how special…
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Since the beginning of the cooperation between the Chair of Preventive Pediatrics and the Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at München Klinik Schwabing in 2016, exercise-related patient care has been steadily expanded and optimized. The COVID-19 pandemic posed particular…
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"This book skillfully clears all the hurdles of studying sports science - both the scientific and the medical" - with this teaser, Elsevier Verlag is advertising the new "Sportwissenschaft" coursebook, for which PD Dr. Jan Müller, research associate at the Chair of Preventive Pediatrics of…
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