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Prof. Andreas Fritsche

Head of Division "Prevention and Therapy of Type 2 Diabetes"
+49 7071 29-85669Email me

 

Fields of Work and Expertise

PreventionInsulin therapy 

Professional Background

2016

Professorship Nutritional medicine and prevention at the University Tübingen

Honors and Awards

  • Bürger-Büsing Award Diabetology
    2018

  • Werner Creutzfeldt Award (DDG)
    2015

  • Ernst-Friedrich Pfeiffer Award (DDG)
    2003

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Publications

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Hajime Yamazaki, Shinichi Tauchi, Jürgen Machann, Tobias Haueise, Yosuke Yamamoto, Mitsuru Dohke, Nagisa Hanawa, Yoshihisa Kodama, Akio Katanuma, Norbert Stefan, Andreas Fritsche, Andreas L Birkenfeld, Róbert Wagner, Martin Heni

Fat Distribution Patterns and Future Type 2 Diabetes

Norbert Stefan, Katrin Sippel, Martin Heni, Andreas Fritsche, Robert Wagner, Carolin E M Jakob, Hubert Preißl, Alexander von Werder, Yascha Khodamoradi , Stefan Borgmann, Maria Madeleine Rüthrich, Frank Hanses, Martina Haselberger, Christiane Piepel, Martin Hower, Jürgen Vom Dahl, Kai Wille, Christoph Römmele, Janne Vehreschild, Melanie Stecher, Michele Solimena, Michael Roden, Annette Schürmann, Baptist Gallwitz, Martin Hrabe de Angelis, David S Ludwig, Matthias B Schulze, Bjoern Erik Ole Jensen, Andreas L Birkenfeld

Obesity and Impaired Metabolic Health Increase Risk of COVID-19-Related Mortality in Young and Middle-Aged Adults to the Level Observed in Older People: The LEOSS Registry

Slim in the long run - How to defeat the yoyo effect?

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Sugar in the blood - the underestimated danger of diabetes

Anyone who wants to avoid type 2 diabetes should do one thing above all: give sugar a wide berth. But that's not so easy. Sugar in foods is well hidden, and not all well-intentioned dietary recommendations lead to success.

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Podcasts

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While full fat stores directly under the skin are usually harmless, fat in the abdomen or liver increases the risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Even slim people can carry this dangerous fat.

How unhealthy is body fat?

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All you have to do is eat in a disciplined way and exercise twice a week, and you're sure to be spared diabetes. This is the impression conveyed by many media reports. Is it really true?

How can I lower my risk of diabetes?

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How can you start eating healthier? What is a realistic first step towards a healthy diet? We talk about these questions with Prof. Dr. Andreas Fritsche, who holds the Chair of Prevention and Nutritional Medicine at the University Hospital of Tübingen.

Healthy diet for beginners

Networks and Affiliations

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German Center for Diabetes Research