A republican project to combat obesity has been launched in Mordovia

On June 28, the republican project "Start with yourself" was launched in Mordovia, aimed at preventing the risks of atherosclerosis-mediated cardiovascular diseases and diabetes in overweight or obese patients. This was reported by the press service of the pharmaceutical company Promomed, which is involved in the implementation of the project together with the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.

According to the company, the Republic of Mordovia has become a pilot region of the project, the results of which will be used for further scaling in other regions of the Federation.

The participants of the republican project "Start with yourself" will be medical workers who are overweight or obese.

"The main purpose of my visit to my beloved Mordovia is to strengthen measures to prevent chronic non—communicable diseases. Special attention is paid to the fight against obesity: this is a growing threat, and we have specific plans to identify, control, and treat it. In Mordovia, we are creating a preventive continuum — from a healthy environment to the identification and control of risk factors and the fight against major threats, primarily obesity. A set of measures to increase life expectancy," said Oksana Drapkina, Director of the Federal State Budgetary Institution National Medical Research Center for Therapy and Preventive Medicine of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Chief freelance specialist in therapy and General Medical Practice of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Honored Doctor of the Russian Federation.

At the initiative of Oksana Drapkina, the Russian Ministry of Health conducted the largest epidemiological study of ESSE-RF (Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Diseases and their Risk Factors in the regions of the Russian Federation), which confirmed that obesity is the most important risk factor for cardiovascular disasters and reduced life expectancy. Losses from obesity-related diseases for our state amount to 4% of GDP, that is, more than 7 trillion rubles.

"Now we are all fighting for people to live longer, be healthy, and have more children. Man is our main wealth! The name of the program is very good — "Start with yourself". Any prevention and medical examination provides an opportunity to improve health and improve the quality of life. Another pilot project is aimed at this, which Mordovia is joining — to create a Center for active longevity in the republic," said Artem Zdunov, head of the Republic of Mordovia.

"It is a great honor for PJSC to become a partner of the republican program "Start with yourself"Promomed“. The key effect of the program is the healthy longevity of our society and the reduction of the economic burden, which consists in shifting the focus from expensive "extinguishing fires" to their prevention. Every stroke, heart attack, or diabetes case prevented is a life saved and millions of budget funds saved for treatment and rehabilitation. The "Start with Yourself" program is an investment in a healthy future, in the healthy longevity of the citizens of the Republic of Mordovia," said Peter Bely, Chairman of the Board of Directors of PJSC Promomed.

During her visit to Mordovia, Oksana Drapkina also visited the Biochemist plant of Promomed Group, where the production of the company's drugs used in the framework of the "Start with Yourself" project was organized, and visited the Federal Center for the Development of Biotechnologies and Medicine, opened on the basis of the Ogarev Moscow State University with the support of Promomed.". The center's mission is to localize the development and ensure the full production cycle of new biotechnological drugs in Russia, including for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases.