Summaries

Elisabeth Wisker, Kiel

Nutrition or specific foods may influence drug bioavailability by various mechanisms. The effects are mainly on drug pharmacokinetics - the absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination of the drugs. [lesen...]

Angela Reichelt, Anja Kroke und Klaus Stegmüller, Fulda

Many German universities are already engaged in health promotion. To assess to
what extent these activities correspond to the WHO concept of “Health promoting universities” (HPU), the structure and activities of health promotion are described. [lesen...]

Andreas Hahn und Thamar Triebel, Hannover

Alzheimer‘s dementia is one of the most frequent diseases of the aged. There are now many lines of evidence that suggest that carbohydrate metabolism is disordered in Alzheimer’s disease and that this disorder contributes to the initiation of the dementia. [lesen...]

Volker Richter, Fausi Rassoul, Kathrin Purschwitz, Eva Richter-Kuhlmann, Sandra Hock, Joachim Thiery, Leipzig, Anna Weber, Michael Hamm, Hamburg

As part of the Leipzig Lipid Study, population studies have been performed to record cardiovascular risk profile and its dependence on nutritional and lifestyle factors. [lesen...]

Manfred J. Müller, Dominique Lange, Beate Landsberg and Sandra Plachta-Danielzik, Kiel

During the last 30 years, the prevalence of overweight in children and adolescents has increased. Overweight and diseases linked to nutrition are unequally distributed in different social groups. [lesen...]

Rainer Hampel, Julia Kairies, Harald Below

Sales of iodized salt in Germany have stagnated since 1997. Nevertheless, urinary iodide elimination in the German population has been rising continuously since 1993. The median urinary iodide levels have been within the WHO target range since 1999 for schoolchildren and since 2005 for adults. [lesen...]

Angelika Paschke, Hamburg

Problems with food allergies and other adverse reactions to food are still a challenge for science. [lesen...]