The Jewish Autonomous Region ranks first in Russia in terms of the prevalence of obesity among adults - more than 30%, and the lowest rate was recorded in Chukotka - 6.6%. Director of the Federal Research Center for Nutrition and Biotechnology Dmitry Nikityuk told TASS. According to him, 23.7% of the adult population of Russia suffer from obesity. At the same time, about 62-63% of Russians suffer from overweight and nutritional obesity in total. RBC channel at max.