Turkey has launched a nationwide campaign to measure citizens’ weight in public to combat its rising obesity rates — a move critics argue amounts to public fat shaming and government overreach.

In a bid to combat rising obesity rates, Turkey has launched a nationwide health initiative that involves weighing citizens ...

Turkey's new health initiative aims to weigh and measure citizens in public spaces as part of an ambitious campaign to combat ...

Pictures from around Turkey have shown people being guided onto weighing scales and having their height measured before their weight is calculated. The anti-obesity campaign, which is described ...

Turkey’s new public health campaign weighs citizens in public to fight rising obesity, aiming to assess 10 million people and promote healthier lifestyles by July 10. Read on... , Health News - Times ...

Despite being fully aware of the widespread nature of malnutrition, anemia, stunted growth, and obesity in Turkey, neither the Health Ministry nor the National Education Ministry implemented the ...