Food in Action

Congress objective
To better understand not only the barriers for behavior change, but also the initiatives that motivate healthier diet and lifestyle choices.

Food in Action, a novel approach
Obesity and overweight are chronic conditions influenced by a multitude of factors. They are the result of energy imbalance over a long period of time. Individual behaviours, environmental factors, and genetics all contribute to the complexity of the obesity epidemic. However, individual behaviour and the environment are the greatest areas for prevention and treatment.

Joachim Westenhoefer (DE)

The gender difference in behaviour towards a healthy diet and lifestyle

Professor Joachim Westenhoefer, born 25 May 1958, studied Psychology at the University of Goettingen, Germany, where he received a Diploma in Psychology in 1986.

In 1991 he received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psycholgy. From 1986 to 1995 he worked as a research fellow and senior research fellow at the Nutritional Psychology Group in the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Göttingen, Germany.

Since 1995 he is Professor of Nutritional and Health Psychology at the Faculty of Life Sciences at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany.

He is a member of the Scientific Board of the German Obesity Society since 2000 and Secretary of the Society since 2001.

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