[Ambulatory weight reduction program and possible effects on lipid and purine metabolism].

In a factory dispensary care of obese skilled workers who worked hard in a foundry the aims of a weight reduction of 5 kg during 12 months for each patient were not achieved despite intensive individual health education. Conclusions concerning causal components of proved metabolic constellation (cholesterol, triglycerides, uric acid) and preconditions of an effective weight reduction of obese workers are discussed.

[Early diagnosis of diabetes mellitus--studies on the effectiveness and value of diabetes screening actions].

Actions to found out cases of diabetes, which exclusively worked with a proof of glucosuria using the biophan-test stripe, were always loaded by a high percentage of falsely pathologic, but also by a not insignificant number of falsely negative investigation results. -- Therefore a multiphasic screening was carried out in 5,424 persons at the age of 20 and more years, which tested the problems mentioned and judged the possibilities of an improved diagnosis.