Obesity threatens Russians along with diabetes, said Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Onishchenko
Quick Look
Deputy President of the Russian Academy of Education, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Gennady Onishchenko said that obesity threatens Russians along with diabetes due to its connection with endocrine diseases, and also noted that about a third of cancers in the world are caused by viruses.
AI-generated summary
Why It Matters
Obesity and diabetes are serious public health problems in Russia and around the world, often related to lifestyle and diet.
Deputy President of the Russian Academy of Education, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Gennady Onishchenko spoke about what disease, along with diabetes, threatens Russians. He spoke about this in a conversation with RIA Novosti.
Onishchenko said that Russians are at risk of obesity, since it is directly related to endocrinological diseases.
“We must proceed from the fact that any person who is overweight is practically a candidate for diabetes. And people with obesity are the same problem, because this is a disorder of human endocrine metabolism, that’s for sure,” he pointed out.
The academician added that the problem of cancer is also acute in the world, since at the moment about a third of them are caused by viruses.
Open Questions
- What specific measures are proposed to combat obesity in Russia?
- Are there data on the prevalence of obesity among different age groups in the country?
- Which viruses most often cause cancer according to the statistics mentioned?
