Obesity and diabetes threaten the health of Russians, said academician Onishchenko

Brief retelling from RIA II

Obesity threatens the health of Russians and is directly related to endocrinological diseases.

Diabetes mellitus has received the status of a “non-infectious pandemic”.

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MOSCOW, October 3 - RIA Novosti. Obesity, along with diabetes, threatens the health of Russians, since it is also directly related to endocrinological diseases, Deputy President of the Russian Academy of Education, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Gennady Onishchenko told RIA Novosti.

Earlier, the press service of the Academician Dedov National Medical Research Center for Endocrinology of the Russian Ministry of Health told RIA Novosti that diabetes mellitus received the status of a “non-infectious pandemic.”

“Obesity is directly related to endocrinological diseases. We must assume that any person who is overweight is practically a candidate for diabetes. And obese people are the same problem, because this is a disorder of human endocrine metabolism, that’s for sure,” Onishchenko said.