Valuing health as development: going beyond gross domestic product [24.10.2018]
GDP per capita is a narrow, inadequate metric for capturing the true, full value of health investments, say Victoria Fan and colleagues. In this paper, they sketch a proposal for constructing a wellbeing measure that is comparable to the HDI in what it captures without some of its shortcomings (BMJ 2018;363:k4371).more
FZG Managing Director at the 10th World Health Summit in Berlin [14.10.2018]
Global Health Networks and the current state of affairs for various global health issues ....more
Opportunities for Africa: Researchers make cassava healthier, more nutritious and sustainable [09.10.2018]
In the tropics and subtropics, manioc, also called cassava, is an important staple food.more
Occurrence of halogenated compounds in food fishes from Southern Brazil. [02.10.2018]
Halogenated natural products (HNPs) are possibly toxic compounds that may bioaccumulate and biomagnify along the food web and pose a further risk to human and environmental health. The present study analyzed the occurrence of HNPs in the edible muscle of the three most consumed commercial fish species in the state of Rio de Janeiro: sardine (Sardinella brasiliensis),...more
Tropical tick tracked down in Germany [18.08.2018]
To date (March 20, 2019), experts of the Institute of Parasitology at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart already identified 36 specimens of the tropical Hyalomma tick. These animals have been discovered for example in the Hanover region, in Osnabrück, the Oberpfalz and Wetterau region, probably migrated with birds to Germany. Permanently elevated temperatures may allow...more
Have a break, have your senses tickled [05.08.2018]
Hohenheim-Ludwigsburg research team focusses on the improvements of work breaksmore
Homeo-what? - Ask your doc or nonmedical practitioner [02.08.2018]
Chronically ill patients use homeopathy more often than other people to treat their illnesses. This is the result of a student project in the "Humboldt Reloaded Program". A possible explanation: In applying homeopathy, patients hope to find new and more natural treatment options if conventional medicine fails.more
Prof. Thomas A. Kufer in interview
How viruses like SARS-CoV-2 affect our immune system
Be part of it - smoke free
If the need for cigarettes and food compete for little financial means, health problems add up, says Prof. Dr. Ströbele-Benschop.
Agricultural markets under pressure: What are the consequences of the COVID crisis?
Agricultural economists Prof. Dr. Sebastian Hess investigates the consequences of the pandemic for markets.
Prof. Dr. Christine Wieck analyses whether and how the EU agricultural policy should intervene.
Virtual city allows predictions on the effectiveness of Corona measures
Scientists of the University of Hohenheim lead by Andreas Pyka develop online model and Policy Lab.
The trend goes veggie
Prof. Jan Frank in Interview with Stuttgarter Zeitung, 29.05.2019
Prof. Philipp Kügler about math for healthy hearts
SWR3 Aktuell informs about research at the Hohenheim Institute of Mathematics, starts min 16:47
