Health-related Quality of Life in Overweight and Obese Children/Adolescents - a Pilot Project in the 'Kinderleicht' Group Programme

According to the 2021 publication of the WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI), overweight and obesity in children and adolescents remains one of the most serious health problems facing the European population in the 21st century. The WHO responded to this problem in 2019 with a review paper on the propagated intervention approaches. With its developed national guidelines, Switzerland relies on multiprofessional group programmes. One of the eleven currently tested and certified programmes is 'kinderleicht' in Chur. The nationwide KIDSSTEP study from 2014 - on which the nationwide guidelines for multiprofessional group programmes are based - shows that it is imperative to record the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of the children and adolescents as well as their families. In practice, however, this evidence is still too little implemented. Using the example of 'kinderleicht', it is to show that the recording and documentation of HRQoL is practicable and can provide valuable insights for both programme participants and programme managers. The primary goal is to record the health-related quality of life of children and adolescents participating in the multi-professional group programme 'kinderleicht' in 2022 over the course of the eleven-month active phase. At the same time, these data are to be correlated and interpreted with changes in BMI, waist and hip circumference and motor performance. Secondarily, possible sensitive/difficult phases of a participant during the active phase of the intervention will be identified in order to provide the best possible coaching to the families of future cohorts.