The number of obese people in Russia has almost doubled in five years

The number of registered obese people in Russia has almost doubled over the past five years, and children under 14 years old - by 1.3 times, said Deputy Minister of Health of Russia Evgeny Kamkin.

“Over the past five years, the number of registered people (with obesity - ed.) in our country has almost doubled. And children under the age of 14 have increased by 1.3 times,” he said during the congress “Obesity and Metabolic Disorders.”

Kamkin added that in 2025, over 3.7 million obese people were registered in Russia, which is more than 2% of the country’s total population, of which about 700 thousand are children.

“I would like to emphasize that these are official statistics. And how many other citizens have not contacted medical specialists about this, here the number could be much higher,” concluded the deputy head of the Ministry of Health.