Generation Healthy Children is a research and community project aimed at investigating how to create healthy and well-being-filled childhoods. The core part is a large intervention experiment that spans two school years, impacting the lives of around 2200 children who start in 1st and 2nd grade in August 2023 at 24 selected schools in Sjælland and the Southern Region of Denmark
What's happening in Generation Healthy Children?
The project implements a variety of initiatives at 12 intervention schools, while 12 schools serve as a comparison baseline. These initiatives include, among others:
Healthy and climate-friendly school meals – delivered by ØJN
Integration of more physical activity into education
Workshops for parents and children on healthy sleep and screen habits
In addition, the project involves the community through after-school care facilities (SFO), sports clubs, and supermarkets, as well as other local and national stakeholders.
The project is a collaboration between four research institutions:
Institution of Nutrition, Exercise, and Sports at the University of Copenhagen
Institution of Sports Science and Biomechanics at the University of Southern Denmark
National Institute of Public Health at Syddansk Universitet
Center for Clinical Research and Prevention at Frederiksberg and Bispebjerg Hospital
Supported by Novo Nordisk Foundation
Om madordningen
Maden spiller en central rolle i Generation Sunde Børn. I samarbejde med ernæringsforskere fra Institut for Idræt og Ernæring på Københavns Universitet har ØJN Skolemad udviklet en frokostordning der:
Serveres gratis 4 dage om ugen
Følger officielle sunde og klimavenlige kostråd
Inkluderer en rig variation af frugt og grøntsager, fisk, fuldkorn, kød, og bælgfrugter
Involverer børnene i hele spiseoplevelsen, fra dækning af bord til oprydning