My name's Brigitta, I'm 12 years old.
I've been in the clinic for a week.
What do you expect from the clinic?
First, to get thinner.
But it can't all be done here so I'll continue at home.
And then...
To look better, not as shapeless.
How much weight would you like to lose?
Well...
10 kg, for sure.
Brigitta is overweight, just like the other kids here.
They aren't ill.
They've just been eating too much.
At Kiel's University Pediatric Clinic, they're on a weight loss programme
involving doctors, sport teachers and psychologists.
The children need to learn how to use their bodies again,
to move, play sports, exercise.
Then we've also discovered
that children have no information whatsoever
about what they do 3 times a day, i.e. eat,
on what they should eat and how.
They need information on eating properly,
and on what different foods do to your body.
Thirdly, these children are often propelled by outside forces,
by external stimuli...
Food is available everywhere
and round the clock in their homes,
so they need to learn to decide for themselves again.
Do you think you should take a big leap or go easy?
Well, I need...
- Look this way. - A medium one.
- Sorry? - A medium one.
A medium leap?
- Can you estimate... - I mean, here, a medium one.
And then, the rest at home.
- The rest at home. - In total, that's a big leap.
So, you want to divide it up.
You say: "I want to speed things up here,
"then I want to try it alone at home."
You're dividing things up into two phases,
saying: "I want to try it out for myself first,
"to see if I can do it alone later."
That's good.
You're saying : "A medium leap here, a medium one at home,
"to cause a drop, a downward slope."
And : "I'm setting a goal for myself."
Could you set a goal for yourself?
For here?
- Yeah... Say... 60. - 60.
And once there, you'll say: "Stop, I'll continue at home."
When children are discharged from hospital care and go back home,
they need to continue this "diet".
If the family isn't ready to help their child,
for example, by replacing good Schleswig-Holstein cooking
and its flour-based broths and sauces,
with relatively fat-free cooking,
for example,
by reducing the intake of chocolate and sweets,
then kids are alone in their families and will fail.
They need support, especially of their mothers,
as they're generally responsible for the cooking these days,
so that they can stay on track during those relatively hard times,
until they can propel themselves,
and they're not as easily tempted by sweet treats anymore.
What are you doing?
Push-ups.
"Exercise wins the prize", that's what my grandmother used to say.
That's praiseworthy.
With everything you gobbled down today, I can understand your need to exercise.
Good.
Yes.
"Food and exercise must harmonise",
is what kids always say.
He who eats a lot, needs to move a lot.
What are you doing now?
You can't be serious. No!
He who moves a lot, needs to eat a lot.
Subtitles: Élisabeth Fuchs