The popularization and educational series of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, accompanied by the unmistakable commentary of Pavel Liška, Bára Hrzánová and Radek Holub, celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. Short animated videos thematically focused on science and knowledge present interesting phenomena from various scientific fields in an educational and entertaining way. The supervisor of the latest episode is Petr Zouhar from the Institute of Physiology. And what is this episode dedicated to? Diabetes. The number of diabetics in the Czech Republic has exceeded 1 million and is constantly growing. Every year in the Czech Republic about 60 thousand people become newly ill with diabetes. Most of them suffer from type 2 diabetes (95%). Risk factors include poor lifestyle – lack of physical activity, stress, smoking and poor diet leading to obesity.
