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By treating obesity, we can protect the patient from the development of over 200 potential diseases and disorders

MedExpress Team

Tomasz Kobosz

Published April 14, 2022 15:08

By treating obesity, we can protect the patient from the development of over 200 potential diseases and disorders - Header image
- Obesity is a serious, insidious chronic disease that should be treated with all available methods - says Prof. Paweł Bogdański, head of the Chair and Department of Obesity Treatment, Metabolic Disorders and Clinical Dietetics of the Medical University of Poznań.

Prof. Paweł Bogdański said, among others:

  • Obesity is a severe, chronic disease with a complex pathogenesis without a tendency to spontaneously resolve.
  • The scale of obesity is now unprecedented in human history.
  • Even before the pandemic, 68% of adult men and 53% of adult women in Poland were overweight, and every fourth adult was obese.
  • I don't know of a second chronic condition with so many potential diseases and disorders that it can lead to - that's over 200 items.
  • More and more people suffering from obesity are standing in increasingly long line...

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