A new study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNEB), published by Elsevier, examined parental concerns about child disordered eating among families participating in a long-term, motivational interviewing (MI)-based behavioral intervention. Disordered eating refers to a range of unhealthy eating-related thoughts and behaviors, such as loss of control eating, excessive concern about weight or shape, or restrictive eating, that may not meet the criteria for a diagnosed eating disorder. Researchers found that nearly half (44.9%) of parents reported at least one concern related to disordered eating at the start of the intervention.

Even when they perform equally well in elementary school, children from less privileged families in Germany are less likely to enter the high track in secondary school. A study by the ECONtribute Cluster of Excellence at the Universities of Bonn and Cologne shows that mentoring programmes can reduce this gap.