AHPGS(Accreditation Agency in Health and Social Sciences)
25 March 2021 Thursday
Obesity rate in primary school is 9.9%
Stating that obesity ranks second after smoking among the preventable deaths, Public Health Specialist Dr. Nurten Elkin stated that the number of childhood obesity is increasing day by day and has become an important public health problem. Dr. Elkin said: "The rate of being overweight is 14.6% and the rate of obesity is 9.9% in primary school second grade children.”
