The endocrinologist named the main cause of obesity among children and adults

In conversation with On March 4, the Radio 1 specialist emphasized that it also leads to a distortion of food preferences. If a child has serious endocrine disorders, he will have quite severe diagnoses.

"Obesity is a clinical diagnosis. That is, there are no special tools to make this diagnosis," the doctor noted.

According to her, the development of obesity can be affected by heredity and eating habits adopted in the family. The doctor urged to find out the reason why the child eats a lot and bites. Specialists are engaged in this, after which they prescribe minimal physical activity.

For prevention, Simakova urged to visit an endocrinologist once every three months.

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Earlier on March 5, Natalia Dolgushina, the chief freelance specialist of the Ministry of Health for women's reproductive health, warned that obesity doubles the risk of infertility in women, writes RT. According to her, it also increases the risk of developing diabetes, coronary heart disease, hypertension, fatty kidney disease, and malignant neoplasms. href="https://360.ru/news/zdorove/vrach-dolgushina-ozhirenie-v-dva-raza-povyshaet-riski-besplodija-u-zhenschin/">360.ru.

Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said on March 4 that a quarter of the Russian population is obese. According to him, the disease was recorded in 20.6% of men and 27.4% of women. href="https://nsn.fm/society/murashko-zayavil-chto-chetvert-naseleniya-rossii-imeet-ozhirenie">НСН.

In February

March 2 Pravda.RuCiting German experts, she stated that even short-term consumption of highly processed, unhealthy foods such as chocolate bars and chips causes significant changes in the brains of healthy people. They can be the initial cause of obesity and type 2 diabetes.

On January 29, gastroenterologist Natalia Chekhoeva told Izvestia that the systematic consumption of excessive calories inevitably overloads the body. This not only increases body weight, but also puts a strain on internal organs, including the heart, liver, and pancreas.