Dr. Verena Leupelt

Scientific Researcher for the DFG - funded Z-Project KFO 218. http://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/101434729 Project management and documentation of projects and data analyses. Quality management and savety management for the conduction and reproducibilitiy of protocols and data Proband recruitment, informing and care of subjects, support on dietary courses and guidelines, functional endocrine testing, supervision on data collection

Investigation of the role of nutrient-dependent factors in the pathogenesis of major diseases of industrialized countries (e.g. obesity, diabetes mellitus, and the metabolic syndrome)

The field of research is the relation between lifestyle factors, biological parameters, and the risk of chronic diseases. The focus is mainly on various cancer sites, cardiovascular heart disease, diabetes, and the metabolic syndrome

Obesity & Nutritional Medicine-Hormonal regulation of body weight maintenance- Identification of hormonal changes due to body weight reduction and evaluation of the Importance of the hormonal response on weight maintenance.