Germany

INFORMAS in Germany is led by Peter von Philipsborn, Eva Rehfuess, Karin Geffert, Carmen Klinger, Johannes Donaubauer, Antje Hebestreit and Jan Stratil

The INFORMAS Public Sector module (Food EPI) has been implemented in Germany in 2019-2021 as part of the European Policy Evaluation Network (PEN, www.jpi-pen.eu) with funding from Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). As part of a previous project, the INFORMAS Private sector module was applied as a case study to Germany’s largest food retailer, Lidl. As of May 2022, data collection underway for an analysis of the corporate political activity of the food industry in Germany.

Peter von Philipsborn

Research associate

Pettenkofer School of Public Health

Institute of Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany

Phone: +49 89 231 538 61

Email: Peter von Phillipsborn

Professor Eva Rehfuess

Professor of Public Health and Health Services Research

Pettenkofer School of Public Health

Institute of Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany

Phone: +49 89 2180 78224

Email: Professor Eva Rehfuess

Karin Geffert

Research associate

Pettenkofer School of Public Health

Institute of Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany

Phone: +49 89 2180 78217

Email: Karin Geffert

Dr Antje Hebestreit

Head of the Unit for Lifestyle-Related Disorders

Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPS, Bremen, Germany

Phone: +49 421 218 56 849

Email: Dr Antje Hebestreit

Dr Jan Stratil

Research associate

Pettenkofer School of Public Health

Institute of Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany

Phone: +49 89 2180 7212 7

Email: Dr Jan Statil

Module	Status (as of April 2024)	Outputs
Public Sector (Food EPI)	Adaptation of the Public Sector Policies and Actions (Food-EPI) to the local (state) level: two-step approach including (1) adjustment and validation of the Food-EPI to the local German State (‘Bundesländer‘) context through key informant interviews and expert consultations and (2) use of the validated ‘German State Food-EPI’ to evaluate food and nutrition policies at the state level. Food EPI 2021 published	Ongoing 1, 3, 4, 5
Private Sector	Case study on one retailer published in 2017 Data collection underway for an analysis of the corporate political activity of the food industry in Germany	2
Food Composition
Food Labelling
Food Promotion
Food Prices
Food Retail
Food Provision
Food Trade & Investment

Publications in English

1. von Philipsborn P, Geffert K, Klinger C, Hebestreit A, Stratil J, Rehfuess EA: Nutrition Policies in Germany: A Systematic Assessment with the Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI). Public Health Nutrition 2021. (Online, open access).

2. von Philipsborn P, Stratil JM, Heise TL, Landgraf R, Hauner H, Rehfuess EA. Voluntary industry initiatives to promote healthy diets: a case study on a major European food retailer. Public Health Nutrition 2018: 21(18):3469-3476. (Online, open access)

Publications in German

3. Policy Evaluation Network 2021: Policy Brief: Politik für eine gesunde Ernährung: Ausgangslage und Reformvorschläge für Deutschland. (Online, open access)

4. Policy Evaluation Network 2021: Der Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI) Ergebnisbericht für Deutschland. (Online, open access)

5. Policy Evaluation Network 2020: Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI) Evidenzbericht für Deutschland. (Online, open access)

Additional Publications

German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF)
LMU Munich