Michael Hermanussen

Michael Hermanussen

Michael Hermanussen (born April 26, 1955 in Hamburg) is a German pediatrician and professor[1] at the University of Kiel. He is known for his work on growth and nutrition.

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Life

Hermanussen studied medicine and worked as a pediatrician at the University of Kiel from 1982 until 1989. He investigated growth and child development (auxology) and first described mini growth spurts.[2] Since 1990 he cooperates in international joint projects with scientists and also works in a general pediatric office. He organizes national and international meetings on growth and nutrition. Since 2003 he is a member of the scientific board of the German society for Anthropology[3] and chief editor of ”Anthropologischer Anzeiger”.[4] He is the founder and head of the German society for auxology.

Scientific Work

Hermanussen developed new mathematical methods for improved diagnostics of growth disorders[5][6] and a new technique for estimating final adult height.[7] He developed mini-knemometry, a new and accurate technique for growth measurements in children. This device determines the lower leg length at an accuracy that growth becomes measurable within a few days.[8][9][10][11] In addition he developed a similar technology for measuring growth in rats within intervals of a few hours. This technology was important for the better understanding of the effects of growth hormone.[12][13] His investigations resulted in a significant improvement of growth hormone therapies.[14][15] For the first time, Hermanussen showed that anorexia nervosa patients do not only stop growing they even can shrink.[16]

Since 2002 he works in nutrition and obesity, with particular respect to monosodium glutamate on appetite regulation.[17][18] During this project Hermanussen showed for the first time that convenience food contains neurotransmitters.[19]

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Footnotes

  1. ^ "new staff at CAU, 2004" (in german). 2009-01-08. http://www.uni-kiel.de/aktuell/pm/2004/2004-013-pers-januar.shtml. 
  2. ^ Hermanussen M, Geiger-Benoit K, Burmeister J, Sippell WG (1988) Periodical changes of short term growth velocity ("mini growth spurts") in human growth. Ann Hum Biol 15:103-109
  3. ^ "website of “Gesellschaft für Anthropologie”". 2009-01-07. http://www.gfanet.de/en/home. 
  4. ^ "website of “Anthropologischer Anzeiger”". 2009-01-07. http://www.schweizerbart.de/journals/anthranz. 
  5. ^ Hermanussen M, Largo RH, Molinari L (2001) Canalisation in human growth: a widely accepted concept reconsidered. Eur J Pediatr 160:163-7
  6. ^ Hermanussen M, Meigen C (2007) Phase variation in child and adolescent growth. Int J Biostatistics 3:1-16
  7. ^ Hermanussen M, Cole TJ (2003) The calculation of target height reconsidered. Horm Res 59:180-3
  8. ^ Hermanussen M (1988) Knemometry, a new tool for the investigation of growth. Eur J Pediatr 147:350-355
  9. ^ Hermanussen M, Geiger-Benoit K, Burmeister J, Sippell WG (1988) Periodical changes of short term growth velocity ("mini growth spurts") in human growth. Ann Hum Biol 15:103-109
  10. ^ Hermanussen M, Seele K (1997) Mini-Knemometry: An accurate technique for lower leg length measurements in early childhood. Ann Hum Biol 24:307-313
  11. ^ Hermanussen M (2003) The measurement of short term growth. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metabol 16:969-971
  12. ^ Hermanussen M, Rol del Lama M, Burmeister J, Fernandez-Tresguerres JA (1995). Mikro-knemometry: An accurate technique of growth measurement in rats. Physiol Behavior 58:347-352
  13. ^ Hermanussen M, Rol de Lama M, Tresguerres JAF, Grasedyck L, Burmeister J (1998) Short term growth: evidence for chaotic series of mini growth spurts in rat growth. Physiol Behav 64:7-13
  14. ^ Hermanussen M, Geiger-Benoit, K, Sippell WG (1985) Catch-up growth following transfer from three times weekly im to daily sc administration of hGH in GH deficient patients, monitored by knemometry. Acta Endocrinol 109:163-168
  15. ^ Hermanussen M, Geiger-Benoit K, Burmeister J, Sippell WG (1987) Can the knemometer shorten the time for growth rate assessment? Acta Paediatr Scand Suppl 337:30-36
  16. ^ Hermanussen M, Geiger-Benoit, K, Sippell WG (1987) "Negative growth" in anorexia nervosa assessed by knemometry. Eur J Pediatr 146:561-564
  17. ^ Hermanussen M. et al.: Obesity, voracity and short stature: the impact of glutamate on the regulation of appetite. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2006; 60:25-31
  18. ^ Hermanussen M (2008) No consensus on glutamate. Eur J Clin Nutr 62:1252-3
  19. ^ Hermanussen M, Gonder U, Jakobs C, Stegemann D, Hoffmann G. Patterns of free amino acids in German convenience food products: marked mismatch between label information and composition. Eur J Clin Nutr 23 September 2009 [Epub ahead of print]

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