Will Russians become healthier after American fast food leaves Russia?

Elizaveta Vardanyan, a dietitian at the Department of Nutritional Care of the National Medical Research Center for Endocrinology, expressed her opinion that

that the departure of Western fast food companies from Russia may slow down the trend towards obesity in the population of large cities. Discuss

According to research by the National Research Center for Endocrinology, inin which 529 men of working age participated, eating fast food causes a positive energy balance, but after that inevitably leads to an increase in body weight for a long time.

In this regard, Vardanyan suggested that afterthe departure of Western companies, the availability of such a “format” of nutrition will be limited, but it is not clear how this will affect health and reduce the number of people with obesity

“Hypothetically, of course, one can expect fromover time, for this reason, a slowdown in the growing trend of the formation of abnormal fat deposits in the population living in large cities,” Vardanyan said.

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Source: RIA Novosti