In order to understand the advantages and disadvantages of the so-called "weight loss injection", Eckart von Hirschhausen visited a therapy group for people with eating disorders, the backstage area of comedian Nicole Jäger and underwent a medically supervised self-experiment. For five days, he ate all kinds of fatty and sugary foods in addition to his normal meals and was examined before and after by the team of Prof. Birkenfeld and Prof. Kullmann at Tübingen University Hospital. He commented vividly on the images of his worsened blood values and the MRI results and discussed the outcomes with Andreas Birkenfeld.
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On the bench (from left) Prof. Andreas Birkenfeld and Eckart von Hirschhausen during the shooting. © Marcel Katz for WDR
Prof. Stephanie Kullmann explains the experiment to Eckart von Hirschhausen. © Marcel Katz for WDR