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The Assistant Professorship of Health Literacy, headed by Prof. Dr. Orkan Okan, developed a prevention program on digital health literacy for pupils in cooperation with the Barmer Krankenkasse, Fulda University of Applied Sciences and We are Family Stuttgart. Under the name "Durchblickt! - Digital… [read more]

On January 1, 2023, the final reform stage of the Act to Strengthen the Participation and Self-Determination of People with Disabilities, or Bundesteilhabegesetz (BTHG) for short, came into force. The BTHG removed integration assistance from the social assistance system on January 1, 2020 and… [read more]

Hypertension is one of the most important risk factors for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality worldwide. According to the Robert Koch Institute, around 9.4 million deaths worldwide each year are attributable to hypertension. In addition, about a quarter of the world's population has high blood… [read more]

"Circadian rhythms, health and disease". Under this title, the Department of Sport and Health Sciences will host a symposium on Friday, January 27, 2023. The guest speaker is Prof. Dr. Juleen Zierath from the Karolinska Institutet and the University of Copenhagen. She will speak on the topic "Is it… [read more]

Prof. Dr. Karsten Köhler, Head of the Assistant Professorship of Exercise, Nutrition and Health, gave two interviews on the topics of "overweight" and "long-term weight reduction" as part of New Year's resolutions on "17:30 Sat.1 Bayern" and for the "Welt am Sonntag" newspaper. The Bavarian State… [read more]