Prof. Dr. Ingo Froböse was born in Unna in 1957. After his doctorate in 1986 and his habilitation in 1933, Ingo Froböse has been working as university professor since 1995. In 2005 he became head of the Institute for Exercise Therapy at the German Sports University (DSHS) in Cologne. Since 2004 he is chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of TÜV Rheinland. In year 2000 he became head of the Center for Health of the DSHS Cologne and also expert of the Bundestag in questions of prevention.