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08. March 2016

IFB survey shows: knowledge gaps and prejudices of physicians have an influence on the therapy of obesity

The more practitioners and internists know about obesity surgery, the more they refer severely overweight patients to respective clinics and hospitals. Currently only 17.8 percent of 201 physicians do this. They were interviewed in a Germany-wide study of the IFB AdiposityDiseases.

14. October 2015

„Symposium for Bariatrics and Adiposity” will take place for the first time in November 2015 in Leipzig – Experts will discuss open questions in therapy and research

The University Hospital Leipzig and the IFB AdoposityDiseases are hosting the “Symposium for Bariatrics and Adiposity” for the first time on November 13th and 14th. Experts of science and medicine will debate recent findings of clinical, basic, and health services research.

10. August 2015

Improved psychotherapeutic treatment of obesity – a new book publication

New findings in behavioral medicine are described in the current book “Overweight and Obesity”. These are to support psychotherapists and doctors in treating morbid adiposity and in dealing with obese patients.

13. May 2015

On the occasion of the European Adiposity-Day: Overweight causes enormous sickness costs in Germany

Severe overweight poses a growing and increasingly expensive health issue in Germany. The direct sickness costs for the German healthcare system caused by adiposity and its secondary diseases have decisively increased, and reached in 2008 an estimate of 8,6 billion Euro.

20. April 2015

The Integrated Research and Treatment Center (IFB) AdiposityDiseases in Leipzig receives further funding of 24 million Euros until 2020

The Center of the University Hospital and Medical Faculty Leipzig receives funding for another five-year period from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Its continued existence until 2020 strengthens the Leipzig research focus on civilization and metabolic diseases.

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