Diagnostics for children and adolescents
Analyses that need no more than a drop of blood from a fingertip, a stool sample or urine. Parents take the sample at home, the partner laboratory in Germany does the evaluation, the result arrives digitally.
Growth, school and sport change how many nutrients a child needs. A measurement shows where a child stands right now — no more and no less. What the values mean for your child is something to discuss with a paediatrician or a practitioner.
What makes sense at which age
Growth raises the requirement
Surveys by the Robert Koch Institute show that a substantial share of children and adolescents in Germany do not take in calcium, iron, iodine and vitamin D in the recommended amounts. The figures below describe the age group — they say nothing about an individual child.
Population data tell you nothing about an individual child. They explain why a measurement can be worthwhile — and why supplementing without measuring stays a guess.
According to the review cited, supplements make sense only where a deficiency has been shown, and should be agreed with a doctor to avoid overdosing.
Sport changes the requirement
The Motorik-Modul study, run by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the Robert Koch Institute, has recorded for over twenty years how much children in Germany move. The picture is twofold: club sport is widespread, everyday activity is falling.
For children in competitive sport it works the other way: higher turnover, more lost through sweat, a higher iron requirement during growth.
MoMo longitudinal study, KIT and RKI · Baseline 2003–2006 to wave 4 (MoMo 2.0), surveyed 2022 to 2025A measurement shows whether a value in your child lies outside the reference range. Whether anything follows from it is for a practitioner or your paediatrician to decide.
Abdominal pain in children
In 3- to 10-year-olds, recurring abdominal pain is the most common type of pain. According to KiGGS wave 2, a third of girls and a quarter of boys are affected.
From age eleven, headache comes first and abdominal pain second — affecting 35.2 % of girls and 19.8 % of boys.
Persistent or severe abdominal pain belongs in a paediatric practice for assessment. An analysis is no substitute for that.
Measuring what the child needs right now
After the lab report, not before
Children have their own amounts — the figures on the product pages apply to adults. Whether a product suits your child, and how much, is something to discuss with a practitioner or your paediatrician.
Food supplements are no substitute for a balanced, varied diet and a healthy lifestyle. Keep out of the reach of children.
From order to lab report
- 01 The kit arrives Dispatch the next working day. Inside: sampling material, instructions, return envelope.
- 02 Take the sample at home Blood in the morning before eating, stool and urine as instructed. About ten minutes.
- 03 Send it in The envelope is enclosed, postage within Germany is paid. Post it Monday to Thursday.
- 04 Receive the lab report 7–21 days from arrival of the sample, digital and as a PDF. You will be notified by e-mail.
From what age is it possible?
Stool and urine analyses are possible from the age of two, blood analyses from the fingertip from the age of seven. Prevent 360 is intended from the age of thirteen.
With younger children, speak to your paediatrician first. We do not offer analyses for infants.
Does taking the blood hurt?
It is a short pinprick in the fingertip with a single-use lancet, much like a blood sugar test. After that, 80 to 120 µl are dripped into a small tube.
If your child would rather not: the gut check-up and organic acids work without blood.
What do we need for the registration?
For each person tested, a name and date of birth, so the laboratory can match the sample without doubt. Samples and forms must each be assigned to the right person.
Each person needs their own e-mail address for digital access. If that is not possible for your child, we send the results as a PDF to a shared address.
Do you also test the whole family?
Yes. Testing together shows connections that a single measurement does not — with diet and strain in the household, for example.
Each person needs their own kit with their own labelling. There is no bulk discount for this.
Will my child be given food supplements afterwards?
This page recommends nothing. Children have their own amounts, and whether a preparation is suitable is decided by a practitioner or your paediatrician on the basis of the lab report.
Food supplements are not a substitute for a balanced and varied diet.
Does this replace the U and J examinations?
No. The preventive check-ups with the paediatrician are unaffected and cover other questions, such as development, motor skills and vaccinations.
If symptoms are acute — fever, severe pain, sudden changes — please go straight to a medical practice.
These analyses do not replace an examination by a paediatrician or the statutory child health checks (U and J examinations). With acute symptoms, please contact your paediatrician.