In the following you can see an overview of important contact addresses and contact points for healthy eating and a healthy lifestyle. It also contains self-help groups and contact points for help with eating disorders, for example.

The selection does not claim to be complete.

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Recommendations for a wholesome diet and a healthy lifestyle

• Federal Center for Nutrition

• INFORM- Germany's initiative for healthy eating and more exercise

• Federal Center for Health Education

• VFED - Association for Nutrition and Dietetics V.

• German Nutrition Society V.

• German Society for Nutritional Medicine V.

• German Obesity Society (DAG)

• DEBInet - German nutrition advice and information network

• The Federal Association for Health Information and Consumer Protection - Info Gesundheit eV (BGV)

• BMEL Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture

• Information system  federal health reporting

• BLE - Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food

• Working group of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany

• Unilever Nutrition Forum

• Consumer advice center Baden Würtemberg

• Association of Dieters VDD eV

• Deutsches Ärzteblatt

• Information service consumer protection - food and agriculture

• Expert pool nutrition

• food monitor

• Network nutrition

• AID - agriculture, food, nutrition

• Robert Koch Institute (RKI) Federal health reporting

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ADHD - Attention Deficit Disorder

• ADHD

• ADHD Germany

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Allergies & food intolerances, pseudo-allergies

• Working group dietetics in allergology e. V.

• German Allergy and Asthma Association

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teeth

• Caries prophylaxis - German working group for dentistry

• Tooth-friendly action

COPD and emphysema

• COPD Germany

stomach

• Gastro league

• No stomach

Rheumatic diseases

• German Society for Rheumatology V.

• German Rheuma-Liga Bundesverband e. V.

• German Arthritis Foundation

• German Society for Neurology DSN

• German Multiple Sclerosis Society DMSG

heart

• German Infarct Research Aid eV

• German Heart Foundation eV

• German High Pressure League eV DHL

colon

• IBD - Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Competence Network

• DCCV e. V. Self-help group at IBD

• ILCO self-help group for ostomists and people with colon cancer

• Family help polyposis

• German Society for Digestive and Metabolic Diseases e. V.

• German Society for Neurogastroenterology and Motility V.

• German Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

• German irritable bowel self-help e. V.

• DZG - German Celiac Society  - gluten intolerance

• Zöliakietreff - patient organization for celiac disease

• Celiac Disease in Children - Patient Organization for Celiac Disease

liver

• German Liver Foundation

• Liver League support group

pancreas

• AdP eV pancreas patients - self-help group

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Bones & teeth

• Umbrella Association for Osteology eV (DVO)

• Bone Health Board of Trustees

• Netzwerk-Osteoporose eV: Organization for the promotion of self-help

• Federal Self-Help Association for Osteoporosis e. V.

• Zahn.de

Fat metabolism

• Competence network fat metabolism

• German society for combating lipid metabolism disorders and their secondary diseases DGFF (Lipid League) e. V.

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kidney

• German Kidney Foundation

• German Society for Nephrology

skin

• Urticaria Network

• Psoriasis Bund

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Help with eating disorders & clinic directory

• Anad

• Federal Association for Eating Disorders

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Pregnant & breastfeeding women

• Young family network - healthy in life

• German Midwives Association

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Infants, toddlers & children

• FKE Research Institute for Child Nutrition

• BEKI Conscious child nutrition

• Fit kid action

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Cancers

• German Cancer Society V.

• Cancer Information Service

• Patient guidelines for cancer

• German Cancer Aid

• Women's self-help after cancer

• National Cancer Prevention Center

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Seniors

• Fit in old age - healthy nutrition

• MDS - Medical Service of the Health Insurance Companies

• Association of German Seniors' League e. V.

• Swallowing disorders in old age

• German Alzheimer's Society V. - Self-help dementia

• German Society for Geriatrics (DGG)

• Parkinson's disease current

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diabetic

• DDG- German Diabetes Society

• German Diabetes Foundation

• German Diabetics Association V.

• Self-help group for insulin-dependent diabetics

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vegetarian

• (VEBU) Vegetarian Association Germany eV

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Thyroid disease

• Thyroid league

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Support groups & information

• KISS self-help groups

• Self-help network

• German Gout League eV

• BDO - Federal Association of Organ Transplants eV

• Society for Neuropediatrics V.

• German Epilepsy Association

• Headache migraine

• AIDS help

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