July 23rd, 2012 by Len Saunders
From The New York Daily News?..
In Turkey, the land of kebabs and sweet lokum, expanding waistlines are the target of a new anti-obesity campaign by the government to help one million Turks slim down over the next year.
The numbers are staggering: a little over one out of every three people is obese, according to health ministry figures. Even more when it comes to women.
?The fight against obesity starts now,? say publicity spots rolled out by the ministry to push back against lifestyle changes doctors believe are bulking up the 73 million population.
?Modern-day life has set constraints that make us eat faster and more without paying attention to the quality of the food we?re ingesting,? said paediatrician Murat Tuncer, a specialist in blood disorders.
But on the upside, he added, as a Mediterranean country Turkey has all the vegetables, fruit and fish required for a healthy diet.
The ministry sounded the alarm on the problem last month.
?Thirty-five percent of the population is obese,? said Health Minister Recep Akdag, who himself recently set an example by losing 22 pounds and recommends a walking regime of 10,000 steps a day.
With more and more Turks in treatment for obesity-triggered diseases such as hypertension and diabetes, the government has started pushing health and dietary tactics, along with the television and newspaper ads, to urge Turks to eat less and work to lose weight.
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