Experts from the fields of nutrition, health, communal catering and agriculture are grappling with the same questions: how can we ensure that everyone has access to healthy meals without jeopardising the health of our planet? How, then, can we incorporate a diet that promotes good health into our daily lives?

The symposium invites participants to exchange ideas and network both within their own disciplines and across different fields. Potential solutions from the worlds of cuisine, health promotion and education will be presented and discussed in interactive formats.

Results from the field trial project and practical insights into the local food infrastructure on the UW/H campus show the opportunities and challenges of a nutritional turnaround: From cultivation planning in the field, menu design in the kitchen, research on eating habits among patients, students and staff, to effective educational formats and ways to promote health through nutrition that are suitable for everyday use. The symposium will tackle this multifaceted and burning issue in order to prepare even tastier, healthier and planet-friendly dishes in the future!

The event is aimed at anyone who is interested in nutrition and would like to think outside the box, network, exchange ideas and come up with new ideas for implementing a nutritional turnaround.

Participation is free of charge. Registration is online.

Preliminary program:

09:00: Welcome remarks by the *Feldversuch* Project Team and the University Chancellor, Jan Peter Nonnenkamp

09:45: Keynote presentations to introduce the themes

• Healthy Eating Is Not a Lifestyle—It Is a Matter of Circumstances: Structural Perspectives on Health-Promoting Urban (Food) Environments

Dr. Judith Schröder, University Medicine Essen, Institute for Urban Public Health

• How Motivation, Mindfulness, and Metabolism Govern Our Eating Behavior

Prof. Dr. med. Tobias Esch, Witten/Herdecke University

• The Recipe for Success Tomorrow: Why the Dietary Transition Is Being Cooked Up in Large-Scale Kitchens

Hannah Zeyßig, Officer for the NRW Canteen Program, Consumer Center NRW (Verbraucherzentrale NRW e.V.)

11:00: Guided tour of the Field test Project

Lunch—Fresh from the Field

13:30: Specialized workshops on the following topics:

• Nutrition & Health Promotion
• Nutrition Education and Action-Oriented Learning Paradoxes of Institutional Catering
• Public Health and
• Healthy Cities

(Detailed descriptions of the workshops are available here.)

15:00: Interdisciplinary exchange of perspectives, focusing on implementation

16:00: Networking and discussion

16:30: End of the event

Arrival:

Information on traveling by public transport and parking options for bicycles or cars is available on the mobility portal. Recommended accommodations include the nearby Ardey Hotel or the Parkhotel.

Further information about the Field test project.