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- From the centresNews
The scales aren't moving? The new Weight Doctors® App sees more
Your values, your daily routine and your treatment team in one place: the new Weight Doctors® App is here – with smart body scales, messages to your team and Weight Doctors® Mira. Available now for iPhone and Android.
4 min
- From the centresNews
Weight Doctors® live webinars: starting on 12 November
Our new webinar series starts on 12 November: 44 dates until December 2027, live online, on Thursdays at 6:30 pm, 30 minutes and free of charge. Dr. med. Robert Jenner opens the series with “Weight, blood sugar and metabolism”.
3 min
- From the centresNews
Our new website: which path is mine?
Almost everyone comes to us with this question. Our new website helps you find the answer – with the Weight Doctors® Compass, all treatments compared, portraits of our doctors and online booking around the clock.
4 min
- hydroGMA
Lowering the hunger hormone ghrelin: how hydroGMA can help
You stick to your nutrition plan, and yet your thoughts keep circling around food? That is not down to a lack of discipline. What ghrelin has to do with it and where hydroGMA comes in.
11 min
- hydroGMA
hydroGMA and endo sleeve two methods in one procedure
Less hunger and a smaller stomach – endoscopically, without an abdominal incision and in one appointment. How the combination of hydroGMA and Weight Doctors SLEEVE® works and what it can achieve.
8 min
- From the centresNews
Weight Doctors® Hamburg: new clinic for procedures, consultations as usual
Weight Doctors® Hamburg has moved to a private clinic in the centre of Hamburg for its procedures. Your consultations will continue to take place at Rothenbaumchaussee 20.
5 min
- GLP-1
GLP-1 explained honestly: effect, limits and what can come next
Why GLP-1 pharmacotherapy helps many people but is not the whole answer for everyone – and which paths there are when the injection alone is not enough.
8 min
- Insurance & costs
Deducting treatment costs from tax – what can count as an extraordinary burden
Anyone who pays for their treatment themselves can often declare the costs as an extraordinary burden in their income tax return. Requirements, pitfalls and the steps at a glance.
7 min
- RESHAPE & lipoedema
You’ve done it – what now? Weight Doctors® RESHAPE after weight loss
The scales show your success, but the mirror doesn’t yet? What comes after major weight loss and how Weight Doctors® RESHAPE can round off the journey with tightening and liposuction.
7 min
- Insurance & costs
Weight-loss surgery and German health insurance without an advance application
No application, no waiting for approval: how the path to weight-loss surgery with a chance of cost coverage by German health insurance works today – from the MMK programme to aftercare.
8 min
- GLP-1
GLP-1, balloon or surgery – what do I really need?
GLP-1 pharmacotherapy, gastric balloon, endo sleeve or weight-loss surgery: there is no single answer. But there is one right first step – an honest, personal conversation.
7 min
- Insurance & costs
Losing weight the right way in 2026 your fresh start with Weight Doctors®
Losing weight does not begin with a treatment, but with listening. An overview of the Weight Doctors® treatments, the path to cost coverage by German health insurance and the support afterwards.
7 min
- Weight-loss surgery
Weight-loss surgery didn’t help? How to get to corrective surgery
Regained weight or problems after weight-loss surgery? Corrective surgery can help – and where there is a medical indication in line with the guidelines, there is a chance that the German health insurer will cover it.
6 min
- Insurance & costs
Stomach reduction abroad why you should think it over carefully
Cheap packages for weight-loss surgery abroad sound tempting. What is missing after you return – and why treatment in Germany with a chance of cost coverage is often the wiser choice.
6 min
- RESHAPE & lipoedema
Lipoedema surgery with Weight Doctors® RESHAPE: how cost coverage by German health insurance works
Under certain conditions, statutory and private health German health insurers cover the costs of lipoedema surgery. Which evidence is needed – and why you do not have to take care of the application and documents yourself.
6 min
- Nutrition & everyday life
2026 starts now – no more resolutions you won’t keep anyway
The same resolutions every year – and then little happens. Why New Year’s resolutions about losing weight fail so often and how a wish becomes a concrete plan with medical support.
9 min
- Nutrition & everyday life
Enjoy the holidays and go into the new year with a clear plan
Five strategies for relaxed holidays without feelings of guilt – and why a consultation before Christmas can make the start in January easier.
8 min
- From the centres
Review of 2025 your successes are our greatest motivation
A year full of moving stories: patients talk about their journey with the gastric balloon, Weight Doctors SLEEVE® and support – plus the opening of the Weight Doctors® Nationalklinik.
7 min
- GLP-1
GLP-1 after gastric balloon or endo sleeve the smart transition
The balloon is out, the intensive weight-loss phase is over – and the hunger comes back? How GLP-1 therapy can help to maintain the weight you have reached.
5 min
- Nutrition & everyday life
Aftercare is king the 360-degree care from Weight Doctors®
A treatment does not end with the procedure – that is where it really begins. The five pillars of Weight Doctors® 360-degree care at a glance.
6 min
- SLEEVE
Endoscopic obesity therapy what role does it play alongside GLP-1?
GLP-1 medications have changed the treatment of obesity. In the ENDO Podcast, Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Dörte Wichmann explains the place endoscopic procedures have today – and what comes next.
1 min
- RESHAPE & lipoedema
After weight loss: body contouring with Weight Doctors® RESHAPE
Excess skin and stubborn fat deposits after major weight loss: which treatments Weight Doctors® RESHAPE includes and which solution may suit you.
7 min
- Insurance & costs
Endo sleeve and German health insurance: how to get cost coverage
A stomach reduction without an incision can also be covered by German health insurance. Which criteria apply, why the MMK programme counts and why you do not have to submit an application for it.
6 min
- From the centres
Health Minister Warken visits Wertheim: focus on regional care
In October 2025, Federal Health Minister Nina Warken visited the Main-Tauber district. Her topic: tailored care in the region – in Wertheim, where the Weight Doctors® Nationalklinik is also based.
5 min
- RESHAPE & lipoedema
Skin tightening after GLP-1 therapy: when the result takes shape
With GLP-1 therapy, the weight often melts away faster than the skin can adapt. Which routes there are to new firmness – with Renuvion or surgically – and when the right time is.
10 min
- Insurance & costs
Stomach reduction covered by German statutory health insurance: the path with Weight Doctors®
With a medical indication in line with the guidelines, the German health insurer can cover a stomach reduction. Who is entitled, how the MMK programme works and why you do not have to submit an application.
5 min
- Weight-loss surgery
Weight Doctors BARIATRICS® for a high BMI and serious related conditions
Gastric sleeve or gastric bypass using keyhole surgery: who weight-loss surgery may be suitable for, how treatment and aftercare work and when the German health insurer may cover the cost.
7 min
- Gastric balloon
The gastric balloon: losing weight without surgery at a glance
How the gastric balloon works, which versions there are, which balloon suits whom, how treatment and nutrition proceed – and what matters after removal.
8 min
- Gastric balloon
Meta-study on the Spatz3: safety and effectiveness of the adjustable gastric balloon
A 2025 meta-analysis of almost 5,000 people treated evaluates how effective and safe the adjustable Spatz3 gastric balloon is – and what its adjustable fill volume offers.
5 min
- Gastric balloon
GLP-1 therapy and gastric balloon together against obesity
How sensible is it to combine the new weight-loss medications with the proven gastric balloon? A conversation with Weight Doctors® Managing Director Brigitta Lahode and one of our specialists in gastroenterology.
6 min
- Gastric balloon
A temporary companion how the gastric balloon can help with losing weight
A helper that reminds you when you are full: how the gastric balloon works, which four versions there are and what to expect in the first few days.
6 min
- GLP-1
Interview: how safe is GLP-1 pharmacotherapy in Germany?
Dr. med. Robert Jenner explains why GLP-1 therapy belongs in specialist hands, what he thinks of online providers and how treatment works at Weight Doctors®.
4 min
- Nutrition & everyday life
Losing weight without exercise
Losing weight is possible even without sweat-inducing workouts. What matters, what makes it hard and when medical support can make sense.
9 min
- From the centresNews
Weight Doctors® Frankfurt: non-surgical stomach reduction in the Rhine-Main region
Non-surgical stomach reduction, gastric balloon, GLP-1 and bariatric surgery for Frankfurt and the Rhine-Main area – with the Weight Doctors® Nationalklinik in Wertheim within easy reach.
7 min
- From the centresNews
Obesity centre Berlin: stomach reduction without surgery on Friedrichstraße
Weight Doctors® have been represented in Berlin since 2022, today at Friedrichstraße 71 in Berlin-Mitte. Treatments, team, costs and consultation at a glance.
5 min
- GLP-1
Losing weight with GLP-1: effect, studies and medical support
How GLP-1 therapy works in the body, what studies show, who it comes into question for, which side effects are possible and how Weight Doctors® support you through it.
10 min
- Nutrition & everyday life
Losing weight for good after unsuccessful attempts at dieting: ways out of the yo-yo cycle
Diet after diet, and the weight comes back? Why conventional diets so often fail, what happens in the body and which medical paths can help with lasting weight loss.
8 min
- Gastric balloon
Gastric balloon: the guide to losing weight without surgery
How the gastric balloon works, which balloons are available, who it may be suitable for and what to expect in the first few days – from the consultation to removal.
5 min
- GLP-1
GLP-1 and endoscopic procedures: a new era of obesity therapy
GLP-1 medicines, endo sleeve and gastric balloon compared: study results, experiences from practice, combinations, costs and safety – and which path suits whom.
15 min
- SLEEVE
Non-surgical stomach reduction: the methods compared
Gastric sleeve, gastric bypass or Weight Doctors SLEEVE®: how the stomach reduction procedures work, how they differ and which option suits whom.
5 min
- SLEEVE
Effectiveness lies in the combination Weight Doctors SLEEVE® with GLP-1
Endoscopic stomach reduction and GLP-1 therapy together: what a 2024 study shows about the combination, how the SLEEVE procedures work and who this path may be an option for.
8 min
- From the centresNews
The Weight Doctors® Nationalklinik opens for statutory-insured patients, privately insured patients and self-payers
In November 2024, the Weight Doctors® Nationalklinik in Wertheim opened – with the full range of treatments and the chance of cost coverage by the German health insurer.
6 min
- GLP-1
GLP-1 therapy or stomach reduction: which path helps in the long term?
Medication or procedure? How GLP-1 therapy and stomach reduction work, how they differ, what risks they carry and which path comes into question for whom.
12 min
- RESHAPE & lipoedemaNews
Weight Doctors® RESHAPE: body shaping after weight loss
Weight Doctors® accompany you not only on the way to your desired weight but also afterwards: Weight Doctors® RESHAPE brings together body contouring and skin tightening after successful weight loss.
4 min
- From the centresNews
AI coach in the Weight Doctors® App: sustainably towards a comfortable weight with artificial intelligence
In October 2023, the Weight Doctors® App received an AI coach that supports nutrition, exercise and everyday life around the clock – connected with the treating team.
4 min
- From the centresNews
Three months of Weight Doctors® Hanover: a look back at the start
Three months after the start in Hanover, Weight Doctors® looked back in October 2023: at the new location, the app and the treatments on site.
3 min
- From the centresNews
Weight Doctors® 3D Bodyscan: making progress visible with the digital avatar
In 30 seconds, an accurate 3D image of the body is created – with body fat, basal metabolic rate, posture and measurements. In this way, even small steps of progress in losing weight become visible.
3 min
- From the centresNews
Staying on course with the Weight Doctors® App and digital results tracking
Smart scales, app and artificial intelligence: how the digital system of Weight Doctors® accompanies the path to your desired weight and alerts the treatment team early.
4 min
- From the centresNews
Weight Doctors® now also in Stuttgart stomach reduction without surgery and gastric balloon
In May 2023, Weight Doctors® opened their location in Stuttgart: endoscopic stomach reduction without surgery, gastric balloon and support with an app – on Immenhofer Straße.
3 min
- From the centresNews
Weight Doctors® in the Netherlands new location in Waalre near Eindhoven
In May 2023, the Weight Doctors® Group took over a specialist clinic in Waalre near Eindhoven – the first location in the Netherlands.
3 min
- Gastric balloon
Time to end the yo-yo effect: losing weight with the gastric balloon
Even 5% less weight can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. What a study shows about the gastric balloon as a way out of the yo-yo effect.
3 min
- SLEEVE
Tailored weight loss which weight-loss type are you?
Never really full, constantly craving something sweet or lost your sense of measure? For every weight-loss type there is a suitable medical path – from the Weight Doctors SLEEVE® to GLP-1 therapy to the gastric balloon.
5 min
- SLEEVE
Weight loss five years after the endo sleeve what a long-term study shows
One of the longest studies on the endo sleeve with OverStitch™ enrolled 216 patients and followed their weight loss for up to five years. An overview of the design and results.
4 min
- Nutrition & everyday life
The healthy plate: how to put together a balanced meal
Half vegetables and fruit, a quarter each of wholegrain and lean protein, plus water: with this simple division, a balanced meal works – every day.
2 min
- SLEEVENews
Weight Doctors SLEEVE®: stomach reduction without surgery, completely individual
In September 2021, Weight Doctors® introduced the Weight Doctors SLEEVE® across Germany: a permanent stomach reduction without surgery that can be adapted in three stages to your goal and starting point.
2 min
- From the centresNews
Stomach reduction without surgery: Weight Doctors® now also in Berlin
Since September 2021, Weight Doctors® have also been represented in the federal capital – with the gastric balloon and permanent stomach reduction without surgery.
1 min
- SLEEVENews
Expert interview with Prof. Dr. med. Karl Miller
How does the Weight Doctors SLEEVE® work, who may it be suitable for and what happens afterwards? Prof. Dr. med. Karl Miller answers the most important questions about non-surgical stomach reduction.
2 min
- From the centresNews
Interview with Brigitta Lahode co-founder of Weight Doctors®
For International Women’s Day 2021, we spoke with Weight Doctors® co-founder Brigitta Lahode – about her motivation, her team and the courage to found a company of her own.
3 min
- Gastric balloonNews
Unfulfilled wish to have a child due to overweight
Excess fatty tissue can disrupt the hormone balance and reduce fertility. Managing director Brigitta Lahode on an observation from many years of consultation.
1 min
- From the centresNews
The start of Weight Doctors®
Co-founder Brigitta Lahode tells how the idea for Weight Doctors® arose from many years of accompanying patients – and why the gastric balloon could not be everything.
2 min
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