Antje Körner researches the causes and consequences of metabolic diseases in children. Photo: Christian Hüller
Antje Körner researches the causes and consequences of metabolic diseases in children. Photo: Christian Hüller News from When it comes to modern diseases, paediatrician Professor Antje Körner believes that there is too great a focus on adults and not enough on children and adolescents. They are still too often overlooked by society. A common misconception is that if they just eat better and exercise more, everything will be fine. With their comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach and unique case database, researchers in Leipzig are doing all they can to change this. Basic research requires a great deal of perseverance before it bears fruit, if it ever does. This is a simple fact.
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