The academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences called on parents to teach their children a healthy lifestyle from childhood

An understanding of the need for a healthy lifestyle should be instilled from childhood. This was announced on June 13 by Leo Bokeria, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, chief freelance specialist of the cardiovascular surgeon of the Ministry of Health, President of the All-Russian public organization League of National Health.

"A child should be taught not only to read and write, draw and play music, but also to live, eat, and exercise properly," he said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

He added that the primary task of parents, which many forget, is to form a common human culture, including the idea of the need to lead a healthy lifestyle.

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