Health promotion project ‘BBB – Bewusst bewegt am Bauernhof’ (moving consciously at the farm) for farmers

The Austrian Social Insurance Institution of Farmers (Sozialversicherungsanstalt der Bauern, SVB) started in 2003 with the health promotion project ‘BBB – Bewusst bewegt am Bauernhof’ (‘moving consciously at the farm’) and its ‘Bewegungsstraße’ programme. The programme offers a specific training for farmers and focuses on ergonomic working aspects and physical activity. The aim is twofold:

• to prevent diseases caused by inappropriate biomechanical stress on the musculoskeletal system;
• to increase at the same time the physical fitness and performance of the participants.