Stories about Übergewicht

Helmholtz Zentrum München

Understanding the Role of GIP in Managing Diabetes and Obesity

The increasing amount of patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes benefit greatly from the recently developed GIPR:GLP-1R co-agonists. These novel compounds lead to substantial weight loss, offering a revolutionary approach to patients worldwide. Although the hormone glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) was already shown by Helmholtz Munich scientists to decrease body weight via the brain GIP receptor, the ...

Helmholtz Zentrum München

Press Release: Exercise and Muscle Regulation: Implications for Diabetes and Obesity

How do our muscles respond at the molecular level to exercise? Researchers at Helmholtz Munich and the German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE) have unraveled the cellular basis and signaling pathways responsible for the p ositive impact of physical activity ...

Helmholtz Zentrum München

Unraveling the Mode of Action of Tirzepatide

Tirzepatide is a recently approved treatment for type-2 diabetes. Treatment with tirzepatide decreases body weight while improving glucose metabolism in patients with obesity and type-2 diabetes. Although the drug is designed to activate receptors for glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP), the contribution of activating the GIP receptor in the overall efficacy of ...

Technische Universität München

Why are overweight people more susceptible to illness?

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 22778 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/en/news-and-events/all-news/press-releases/details/warum-bekommen-uebergewichtige-menschen-haeufiger-erkrankungen Picture: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1612044 NEWS RELEASE Why are overweight people more susceptible to illness? Size of fat cells can cause ...

Helmholtz Zentrum München

Switching tracks: Changing the trafficking of the glucagon receptor in the liver regulates its metabolic signaling

Technische Universität München

Sport improves concentration and quality of life - Study with primary school pupils confirms positive impact of physical fitness

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICHCorporate Communications Center Phone: +49 89 289 10510 - e-mail: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/37319 High resolution images: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1654863 This press relelase is related to the ...

News Direct

ZOE Study Reveals Eating a Plant Rich Diet Reduces Risk of Developing COVID-19 and Going to the Hospital

DocMorris Adipositas Care

Introducing DocMorris Adipositas Care (Obesity Care), a digital hub empowering people with obesity to find relevant care for a better quality of life

Berlin (ots) - The Novo Nordisk and Zur Rose Group collaboration presents DocMorris Adipositas Care, a digital hub which provides people living with obesity a new way to find the right care. Adipositas Care thoughtfully empowers people living with obesity by enabling them to learn about obesity and discover possible ...

Technische Universität München

Nutrition in the days of COVID

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 8161 5403 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36110/ Images for journalists: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1552085 NEWS RELEASE An interview with Prof. Hans Hauner about COVID-19 and nutritional medicine Nutrition in the days of COVID The current Corona outbreak affects nearly all aspects of medicine and of everyday ...

Technische Universität München

Gene network helps to turn white fat into beneficial calorie burning fat

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 22798 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/en/about-tum/news/ High resolution images: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1524726 NEWS RELEASE A new approach to treating overweight and obesity Gene network helps to turn white fat into beneficial calorie ...

Helmholtz Zentrum München

Discovery of potential novel therapeutic target for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Universität Mannheim

Six Components of Healthy Family Meals

Six Components of Healthy Family Meals Meta-analysis of data from over 29,000 respondents worldwide Turning the TV off, taking time to eat, not arguing at the table: Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and the University of Mannheim have evaluated studies examining the quality of family meals. Their findings can serve as guidelines for parents and guardians wanting to help their children ...

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Cardiovascular diseases and nutrition in Europe: every second to third premature death preventable

Helmholtz Zentrum München

Two-pronged approach - Novel combined therapy tackles excess fatty tissue

A new combined therapy for obesity and diabetes has been shown to suppress the appetite and at the same time increase energy expenditure. Scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Technical University of Munich (TUM), partner institutions of the German Center for ...

Helmholtz Zentrum München

Satiety in 3D

Many overweight people lack the feeling of being full. It was long thought that this was due to the disrupted transport of the satiety hormone leptin to the brain. That is not the case, as a group of scientists from Helmholtz Zentrum München has now shown in the 'International Journal of Obesity'. The work was made possible by a new 3D imaging technique that allows tracking the path ...