German Institute of Human Nutrition

DIfE in brief

The mission of the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE) is to conduct experimental and clinical research in the field of nutrition and health, with the aim of understanding the molecular basis of nutrition-dependent diseases, and of developing new strategies for prevention, treatment, and nutritional recommendations.

Scientists at the Dife pursue these scientific goals by interdisciplinary cooperation comprising a broad spectrum of experimental and epidemiological methods. A particular focus of the institute is research on the most important diseases at present, i.e., obesity, diabetes, and cancer, whose development may involve nutrition-dependent factors.

Nutritional research in Rehbrücke began in 1946 at the Institute of Nutritional Sciences and Food Provision and continued at the Central Institute of Nutrition of the Academy of Science of the German Democratic Republic from 1969 until 1991. The German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE) was founded in 1992 by the Federal Republic of Germany and the State of Brandenburg as an independent foundation. It is a member of the Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, an alliance of scientific institutions. The academic members of the DIfE have teaching obligations in nutritional sciences at the Universität Potsdam and in medicine at the Freie Universität Berlin.

German Institute of Human Nutrition
Arthur-Scheunert-Allee 114-116
14558 Bergholz-Rehbrücke
Tel: +49 (0)3 32 00 / 88 - 0
Fax: +49 (0)3 32 00 / 88 - 444

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Further Information: www.dife.de/