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A balanced diet, avoiding malnutrition, and the emergence of obesity continue to be a complex matter influenced by causes and factors at the individual, the social and the societal level. Only by combining behavioral and condition-related prevention, including the participation of all relevant actors and key decision makers, can prevention and health promotion be designed to be sustainable and successful. Networking is a key success factor in this context. For the promotion of a healthy lifestyle in the sense of a health-promoting diet and adequate exercise, it is never too early or too late. In the sense of a lifelong perspective, leverage points range from the period surrounding childbirth, to lifestyles in daycare centers, at school and at work, through to old age.

Two conclusions can be drawn from this. First, networking of activities throughout all phases of life is vital. We must strive to have meaningful structures and initiatives that continue uninterrupted in order to support people throughout their lives. Second, networking is a topic for successful prevention and health promotion even when we address people in other walks of life. The experience gathered with “Healthy Start” can be transferred. That is why, in Germany, we build networks for all stages of life. The “National Quality Center for Nutrition in Daycare Centers and Schools” (NQZ), for instance, aims to offer as many young people as possible a low-threshold access to healthy and high-quality food in daycare facilities and schools [23]. The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture also meets the challenge of “nutrition in old age” with an initiative for senior citizens, male and female, designed as a network.