Turkey goes after obesity - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Pinar Tremblay

Pinar Tremblay

May 12, 2014

Istanbul, TURKEY: An overweight couple walks on Istiklal avenue in Istanbul, 15 November 2006. Health ministers and other senior officials from 53 European countries opened talks in Istanbul to map out a strategy to combat obesity, seen as one of the greatest health challenges of the era. AFP PHOTO/MUSTAFA OZER (Photo credit should read MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images) — An overweight couple walks on Istiklal avenue in Istanbul, Nov. 15, 2006. — MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images

A Palestinian vendor sells sweets at a market in Gaza City July 26, 2014. Palestinians in the Gaza Strip poured into the streets on Saturday to recover their dead and stock up on food supplies after a 12-hour humanitarian truce agreed by Israel and Hamas took hold. Israel's military pledged to hold fire for 12 hours from 8 a.m. (0500 GMT) but press on searching for tunnels used by militants. The Islamist group Hamas, which dominates Gaza, said all Palestinian factions would abide by the brief truce. REUTERS

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A butcher holds pieces of beef at a meat shop in Istanbul, Turkey, July 27, 2017. REUTERS/Murad Sezer - RC11950E5810

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