The Quality grid for preventative measures for overweight children and adolescents were developed in a working group. The quality grid is aimed at services for overweight children who have not yet developed any secondary diseases. Representatives of various institutions such as the specialist association known as the Working Group for Obesity During Childhood and Adolescence [Arbeitsgemeinschaft Adipositas im Kindes- und Jugendalter] at the Robert Koch Institute and representatives of the Medical Service of the Central Associations of the German Statutory Health Insurance Funds and the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Security (BMGS) [Medizinischer Dienst der Spitzenverbände der Krankenkassen und des Bundesministeriums für Gesundheit und Soziale Sicherung] were involved in its development. This working group was led by the Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA).