22 July 2025, 23:21 It was published
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The results of the “Learn the ideal weight, healthy live a healthy” campaign against obesity, which has become one of the biggest threats towards public health in Türkiye, are concerned.
According to the data shared by the Turkish Health Minister Kemal Memişoğlu in the past weeks in the past weeks, only 3 million people were measured on the basis of volunteering in May, while 35 percent of these people were overweight and 27 percent were obese.
The resulting picture reveals that more than half of the population of Türkiye is not at the ideal weight, while the increase in physical inactivity, smoking and chronic diseases caused by obesity points to a serious public health crisis.
The fastest increasing country
According to the data obtained, Türkiye; Obesity rate among European countries is one of the fastest increasing countries. In 2010, the rate of obesity in women is slightly above 30 percent, while this rate has increased to 39 percent today. The ratio, which was at the level of 20 percent in the same period, rose to 30 percent band.
The cause of diseases
On the other hand, when we look at the age groups in obesity, the table becomes more striking. Excess weight and obesity rate in young adults between the ages of 18-24 are at the level of 30 percent, while this rate rises to 50 percent in the 35-54 age range and to 65 percent of citizens aged 55 and over. Especially post -menopausal women and retirement age people are at a serious risk for obesity -related hypertension and joint diseases. According to experts, if this tendency continues, Türkiye will face an increase of 60 percent in obesity -related health expenditures in the next 10 years.
We do not move
In addition to obesity and cigarettes, physical inactivity is among the risk factors of chronic disease in Türkiye. According to Eurostat and Turkish Statistical Institute data, the weekly physical activity rate in the early 2010s was around only 17 percent of the population, while this rate fell below 20 percent after 2020. Physical inactivity, especially in individuals over the age of 50, attracts attention as one of the main factors that trigger obesity.
Footsteps of disaster
Stating that one of the most important steps in the fight against obesity is awareness, Dr. Ayça Kaya, “Especially in childhood obesity has been experiencing a significant increase in recent years. In 2010, the child obesity rate, which is 8.3 percent in 2010, has increased to 13 percent. This indicates that the health burden of future generations will be much larger than today. Malta with 28.9 is followed by 27.8 percent, not only obesity, hypertension, oily liver disease, digestive diseases.
Nutritional disorder
Prof. Dr. Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine Department of Child Health and Diseases. Dr. Ömer Faruk Başer is one of the experts who stated that obesity rates in Türkiye have increased in recent years. Prof. Dr. Başer stated that the nutritional disorder was determined at the rate of 16 percent in Turkey and he uses the phrase ız We are fully facing public health problems ”.
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Until 2035, the rate of obesity in children will increase to 37 percent!
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