Obesity clinic founded at Bielefeld Rosenhöhe Hospital

01.12.2021 15:13

An obesity clinic will be founded at the Bielefeld Rosenhöhe Clinic on December 1, 2021. Chief physician will be Dr. med. Beate Herbig, who already has many years of experience as head physician at an obesity clinic. “We are very pleased to have Dr. Herbig was able to gain a proven expert in the treatment of obesity patients,” says Bielefeld Clinic Managing Director Michael Ackermann about the commitment of the new chief physician.

“In recent years we have continually developed the range of medical services at the Rosenhöhe Clinic and are now adding a new service area,” says Michael Ackermann, commenting on the strategic decision. Miss Dr. Since 2012, Herbig has been chief physician at the obesity clinic she set up at the Schön Clinic in Hamburg. The certified center of excellence there enjoys an excellent reputation far beyond the city limits. “I am very pleased about the challenge of setting up the first center in Bielefeld that is exclusively dedicated to the treatment of this ever-increasing disease of obesity. We want to create a contact point for severely obese people where they can feel in good hands with their problems as well as their worries and fears and receive competent help,” comments Dr. Herbig the restart in Bielefeld.

Obesity is a chronic and incurable disease that is noticeable externally as a severe increase in body weight. To describe it, body weight is related to body size. From a calculated body mass index (BMI) of 30, one speaks of obesity. The causes are diverse and the risk of suffering serious secondary illnesses is very high: above all the risk of developing diabetes or fatty liver disease. The risks of heart attacks, strokes and certain cancers are also significantly increased, which contribute to the fact that severely obese people have a noticeably reduced life expectancy.

Sustainable weight loss in severely obese people can usually only be achieved through surgical treatment. Bariatric surgery improves quality of life and life expectancy and has a positive impact on comorbidities. Diabetics in particular benefit greatly from such surgical therapy. Bariatric surgery is an essential component in the sustainable treatment of severely overweight people.