@article{LorekSpangenberg2019, author = {Lorek, Sylvia and Spangenberg, Joachim}, title = {Energy sufficiency through social innovation in housing}, series = {Energy Policy}, volume = {126, March 2019}, journal = {Energy Policy}, doi = {10.1016/j.enpol.2018.11.026}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-104638}, pages = {287 -- 294}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Experience shows that energy savings through energy efficiency measures are partly compensated by income growth, and partly by rebound effects. Therefore to be effective, efficiency measures have to be embedded in a concept of sufficiency which strives for limits and absolute reduction of energy consumption. While the sufficiency concept is not new, it only recently gained attention in the field of housing. This paper provides a basis for broader and more informed debates in policy and research on the potential of sufficiency considerations to contribute to the overall reduction of energy consumption in the residential sector. It recommends shifting the attention from energy consumption of buildings towards a concept of sustainable homes in which e.g. the size of the living area plays a crucial role. A further important aspect is the possibility to fulfil other basic needs like the provision with food, recreation and social contacts in the nearby environment. The paper describes first examples of housing projects guided by sufficiency criteria, depicts the potential roles of different actor groups and points towards some general policy recommendations.}, language = {en} } @article{SpangenbergLorek2002, author = {Spangenberg, J. H. and Lorek, S.}, title = {Environmentally sustainable household consumption: from aggregate environmental pressures to priority fields of action}, series = {Ecological Economics}, volume = {43}, journal = {Ecological Economics}, number = {2-3}, doi = {10.25974/fhms-777}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-7775}, pages = {127 -- 140}, year = {2002}, abstract = {Unsustainable consumption patterns of the North (or rather of the global affluent consumers class) have been identified by Agenda 21 as one of the key driving forces behind the unsustainable development. However, neither accounting based on the system of national accounts SNA nor household economics provide the proper instruments to assess the environmental impact of household decision making. Eco-efficiency assessments as familiar in the business sector provide no appropriate tool for households. As an alternative an environmental space based assessment scheme is suggested covering the major pressures on the environment caused by household decisions. The methodology is used twice: once to analyse the environmental relevance of the main activity clusters of household consumption and once to identify the dominant acts of consumption within each cluster. The latter provide the basis for deriving environmental performance indicators. A rough analysis of household influence potentials permits to identify housing, eating and mobility as the three priority fields for action for minimising the environmental impact of households. Extending the influence analysis actor matrixes are derived allocating influence and thus responsibility for environmental pressures to different groups of economic agents.}, language = {en} } @article{BoeseFrenserSchumacheretal.2024, author = {B{\"o}se, Vanessa and Frenser, Marius and Schumacher, Melanie and Fischer, Tobias}, title = {Evaluation of the Scientific Quality and Usability of Digital Dietary Assessment Tools}, series = {Dietetics}, volume = {3}, journal = {Dietetics}, number = {2}, doi = {10.25974/fhms-17960}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-179602}, pages = {159 -- 169}, year = {2024}, language = {en} } @article{KranzKettlerKoederetal.2023, author = {Kranz, Ragna-Marie and Kettler, Carmen and Koeder, Christian and Husain, Sarah and Anand, Corinna and Schoch, Nora and Englert, Heike}, title = {Health Economic Evaluation of a Controlled Lifestyle Intervention: The Healthy Lifestyle Community Program (Cohort 2; HLCP-2)}, series = {Nutrients}, journal = {Nutrients}, doi = {10.25974/fhms-17454}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-174544}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Non-communicable diseases (NCD) are associated with high costs for healthcare systems. We evaluated changes in total costs, comprising direct and indirect costs, due to a 24-month non-randomized, controlled lifestyle intervention trial with six measurement time points aiming to improve the risk profile for NCDs. Overall, 187 individuals from the general population aged ≥18 years were assigned to either the intervention group (IG; n = 112), receiving a 10-week intensive lifestyle intervention focusing on a healthy, plant-based diet; physical activity; stress management; and community support, followed by a 22-month follow-up phase including monthly seminars, or a control group (CG; n = 75) without intervention. The complete data sets of 118 participants (IG: n = 79; CG: n = 39) were analyzed. At baseline, total costs per person amounted to 67.80 ± 69.17 EUR in the IG and 48.73 ± 54.41 EUR in the CG per week. The reduction in total costs was significantly greater in the IG compared to the CG after 10 weeks (p = 0.012) and 6 months (p = 0.004), whereas direct costs differed significantly after 10 weeks (p = 0.017), 6 months (p = 0.041) and 12 months (p = 0.012) between the groups. The HLCP-2 was able to reduce health-related economic costs, primarily due to the reduction in direct costs.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{KoederHusainKranzetal.2021, author = {Koeder, Christian and Husain, Sarah and Kranz, Ragna-Marie and Hahn, Andreas and Englert, Heike}, title = {How to achieve sustainable eating in the general population?}, series = {The 9th World Sustainability Forum Program and Abstract Book}, booktitle = {The 9th World Sustainability Forum Program and Abstract Book}, publisher = {MDPI}, doi = {10.25974/fhms-14045}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-140455}, pages = {57 -- 57}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Introduction: Moving towards a more plant-based dietary pattern would likely be beneficial in terms of a variety of sustainability dimensions. Methodology: We conducted a 2-year intervention study with six measurement time points (baseline, 10 weeks, 6 months, 1 year, 1½ years, 2 years) in rural northwest Germany. The intervention consisted of a lifestyle programme, and dietary recommendations were to move towards a healthy, plant-based diet. The control group received no intervention. Diet quality was assessed with the healthful plant-based diet index (hPDI). Results: In the intervention group (n = 67), the 2-year trajectory of hPDI was significantly higher compared to control (n = 39; p 0.001; between-group difference: 5.7 (95\% CI 4.0, 7.3) food portions/day; adjusted for baseline). The 2-year trajectory of meat intake was significantly lower in the intervention group (n = 79) compared to control (n = 40; p 0.001; between-group difference: -0.7 (95\% CI -0.9, -0.5) portions/day; adjusted for baseline). Conclusion: Our study confirms that plant-based nutrition education in the general population is likely to result in at least modest dietary improvements in terms of general healthfulness and meat reduction.}, language = {en} } @article{SpangenbergLorek2001, author = {Spangenberg, J. H. and Lorek, S.}, title = {Indicators for environmentally sustainable household consumption}, series = {Int. J. Sustainable Development}, volume = {4}, journal = {Int. J. Sustainable Development}, issn = {0960-1406}, doi = {10.25974/fhms-776}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-7764}, pages = {101 -- 120}, year = {2001}, abstract = {The objective of this paper is to identify those areas of consumption, in which private households can make significant contributions to environmental sustainability, and to present a transparent and comprehensive set of indicators for them. The analysis of the environmental impacts of households focuses on consumption clusters that permit to depict different life spheres of private households. Two criteria guided the investigation of the relevance of these clusters: · The significance of the consumption cluster, and · The potential influence of households. Resource consumption was chosen as simplified, but reliable representation of environmental pressure dynamics. Growing resource consumption goes together with growing environmental pressures and vice versa, although not necessarily proportionally. The key resources analysed are energy and material consumption, and land use. Based on this analysis, three priority fields for action by households were identified: construction and housing, food/nutrition and transport (in this order). All other consumption clusters can be considered environmentally marginal, providing combined saving potentials of less than 10\% of the total resource consumption. Finally, from description of the respective roles of actors based on anecdotal evidence a semi-quantitative "actor matrix" is presented indicating the relative influence of different actors per consumption cluster.}, language = {en} } @article{FischerNjorogeOchetal.2019, author = {Fischer, T. and Njoroge, H. and Och, U. and Klawon, I. and Marquardt, T.}, title = {Ketogenic diet treatment in adults with glycogenosis type IIIa (Morbus Cori)}, series = {Clinical Nutrition Experimental}, volume = {28}, journal = {Clinical Nutrition Experimental}, doi = {10.25974/fhms-17094}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-170947}, pages = {83 -- 91}, year = {2019}, language = {en} } @article{FischerElpersOchetal.2019, author = {Fischer, T. and Elpers, C. and Och, U. and Fobker, M. and Marquardt, T.}, title = {Ketone body therapy with D/L-ß-hydroxybutyric acid solution in severe MADD, Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports}, series = {Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports}, journal = {Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports}, doi = {10.25974/fhms-17113}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-171133}, pages = {1 -- 5}, year = {2019}, language = {en} } @article{ChurchLorek2007, author = {Church, Chris and Lorek, Sylvia}, title = {Linking policy and practice in sustainable production and consumption: an assessment of the role of NGOs}, series = {Int. J. Innovation and Sustainable Development}, volume = {2}, journal = {Int. J. Innovation and Sustainable Development}, number = {2}, issn = {240}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-106402}, pages = {230 -- 240}, year = {2007}, abstract = {The paper looks at NGOs activities in Sustainable Production and Consumption and obstacles being faced. It identifies lessons for policymakers seeking to engage civil society and makes recommendations on how academics can co-operate more effectively with civil society. Insights are drawn from recent studies on stakeholder involvement in the international political process and a series of surveys and semi-structured interviews. The authors identify four challenges. Effort should (1) be planned more strategically, (2) link sustainable consumption to current priorities, (3) ensure better links between global and local and (4) NGOs have to better link to other interest groups.}, language = {en} } @article{MeerFischer2024, author = {Meer, Nike and Fischer, Tobias}, title = {Medium-Chain Triglycerides (MCTs) for the Symptomatic Treatment of Dementia-Related Diseases: A Systematic Review}, series = {Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism}, volume = {2024}, journal = {Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism}, doi = {10.25974/fhms-17903}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-179038}, pages = {1 -- 17}, year = {2024}, language = {en} }