Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Mokrysheva said that every third Russian is obese
Every third citizen in Russia is diagnosed with obesity
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- Every third citizen in Russia is diagnosed with obesity, said Natalya Mokrysheva, director of the National Medical Research Center for Endocrinology, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
- Another one in three is overweight.
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The statement was made by the director of the National Medical Research Center for Endocrinology, Natalya Mokrysheva, at a press conference in Moscow.
Every third citizen in Russia is diagnosed with obesity, said the director of the National Medical Research Center of Endocrinology. Academician I.I. Dedov of the Ministry of Health of Russia, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Natalya Mokrysheva.
“Every third Russian is obese and another every third is overweight. That is, based on the prevalence, at least 40 million citizens are overweight and pre-obese. And this is the category of Russians who need to work on preventing obesity,” Mokrysheva said during a press conference in Moscow.
Open Questions
- What specific measures does the Ministry of Health plan to take for prevention?
