Celebrity toxicologist slams Hungarian PM Orbán’s weight in harsh critique
According to Hungary’s most famous toxicologist Dr Gábor Zacher, if the Hungarian Prime Minister, one of the country’s most influential figures, encouraged Hungarians to lose weight, it would have public health benefits.
The toxicologist talked about the worrying health situation in Hungary on the Hungarian television channel RTL. In his opinion, there is a high level of ignorance among the Hungarian population regarding health statistics.
Many diseases could be prevented
Zacher said that Hungary ranked fourth on the list of Covid deaths per million inhabitants. Only Peru, Northern Macedonia and Bulgaria are in a worse position. With the Hungarian healthcare system in such a bad state, it is a miracle that it did not collapse completely during the pandemic. However, he believes that this would certainly have happened if the epidemic had lasted another six weeks.
He added that many diseases could be prevented if people went for health screenings, but due to lack of information a lot of people are not doing so. He also pointed out that in the European Union, Hungary has the highest number of deaths caused by preventable diseases. According to him, the Hungarian government is mainly to blame for the negative records.
We spend tens of millions on billboards depicting bombs, but there is no money to spend on prevention,
he said.
A country full of alcoholics
He pointed out the the ghastly statistics which counted more than 800,000 alcoholics in Hungary.
30,000 die every year due to drinking alcohol and 60,000 because of drugs,
he highlighted.
By this, he implied that alcohol addiction is a bigger concern in the country than drug addiction. However, he added that alcohol consumption alone is not a problem. It is only the quantity that matters. The solution, he said, is for the next generation to learn to drink in a civilised and moderate way. However, they must of course be given the necessary social and educational support to do so.
Obesity is a serious problem
The toxicologist also addressed the issue of obesity. He believes that the best example could be set by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Instead of a fit Prime Minister, we have a very obese Hungarian Prime Minister, who doesn’t set a good example to the nation,
he noted.
In his view, if the badly obese Orbán stood up in front of the Hungarian people, and said, “Let’s lose 25 kilos in a year,” it would have public health benefits. Zacher is confident that this would be a useful step because the Prime Minister is one of the leading figures in the country, so he would have an impact on many people.
Source: rtl.hu