Direct words from the drug boss: “Medications alone will not treat this issue”

Weight management in Finland definitely requires a lifestyle repair. This is the opinion of the pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk Farman managing director Jaakko Linna.

“This issue cannot be treated with medication alone,” Linna told Kauppalehti live In the Talousamau program on Wednesday.

The body mass index of around 1.2 million adults exceeds the National Institute of Health and Welfare’s (THL) by borderline of obesity.

Linna of Novo Nordisk, known for its obesity drugs, stated that obesity drugs are only used to support lifestyle changes and in conjunction with them.

He likes the idea of ​​living room renovation as, for example, a national project.

“I encourage both employers and, for example, the upcoming parliamentary elections. There is a good opportunity to raise, for example, these types of themes as important factors in the government program,” said Linna.

Wednesday’s Talousam was hosted by a reporter Antti Lehmusvirta.

Watch Wednesday’s Financial Morning in full from here.