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Obesity & more

13. February 2015

More genes identified that affect weight and stature

In addition to the 41 known locations on the human genome that are associated with the body mass index (BMI), another 56 gene loci have been found. This is the result of the so far largest international genome-wide association study (GWA) with over 339,000 people realized by the GIANT consortium.*

29. January 2015

Typical behaviors of obese people?

Can eating become an addiction? There seem to be some parallels. The human brain of persons with obesity and persons with an addiction show an increased activity in specific brain areas as reaction to food or drug stimuli respectively.

20. January 2015

IFB scientist honored with Young Investigator Award

For the third time in a row the Young Investigator Award 2014 for particular contribution to research in medicine and life sciences goes to a junior scientist of the IFB.

08. January 2015

Obesity: Social rejection promotes mental illness and further weight increase

Obese persons are often confronted with prejudices, depreciation, social isolation and discrimination. These are chronic stressors and the psychic strain through such stigmatizations can lead to depressions, anxiety disorders and even often to further weight increase.

28. November 2014

Increased risk of diabetes in obese children through adipose tissue alteration

Overweight and obese children have already from the age of six years on pathological changes in the adipose tissue.

25. November 2014

Mental suffering as a result of chronic stress through stigmatization in obesity

The IFB scientist Dr. Claudia Sikorski and her team analyzed 64 scientific studies that examined the association between the stigmatization of obese people and mental strains and disorders. Stigmatization has a negative effect on the psyche and obesity.

03. November 2014

Over 100 patients already benefit from the "Leipzig Adiposity-Management"

There are only insufficient treatment options for severe overweight in Germany. Considering this situation, it is a milestone, that the University Hospital Leipzig and the AOK Plus Saxony and Thuringia supported by the IFB were able to draft a contract allowing a comprehensive obesity therapy.

27. October 2014

Award for research in the field of the binge-eating disorder

The “Best Student Abstract Award” was awarded to the 28 year-old psychologist and IFB researcher Dr. Anne Brauhardt by the major international professional society for the study of eating disorders (Eating Disorders Research Society, EDRS in the USA).

13. October 2014

IFB scientist wins research fellowship in Stockholm

In September 2014, Isabel Wagner received a very competitive grant from the European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) for her obesity research at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. The 31 year old scientist works in the Swedish capital since October 2013.

08. September 2014

Abdominal adipose tissue shows more gene modifications than other fat depots

Researchers at the Integrated Research and Treatment Center (IFB) AdiposityDiseases of the University of Leipzig have found out that certain biochemical changes in the genes (methylation) are stronger in abdominal than in the subcutaneous adipose tissue.

IFB AdiposityDiseases