Healthy Eating and Active Life Program

Human life is not very long indicators, obesity, power, wealth and health, while it is the disease that is seen today as a public health problem

Around the world in recent years, obesity (adiposity) is increasing prevalence. Obesity, World Health Organization (WHO) "Health for kids affects the degree of accumulation of abnormal or excessive fat in the body is defined as". The body weight of adult males between 15 and 20% are percent on average 25 to 30% fat women. 25% men, 30% of women in the case of obesity in question. Epidemiological studies of age, demographic factors such as gender, education level, marital status, socio-cultural factors, such as biological factors and eating habits and consumption of snuff and alcohol, lack of physical activity and lifestyle also show that obesity is responsible.

Human life is not very long, indicators of obesity, power, wealth and health, while the disease is treated today, began to be recognized as a public health problem. Worldwide kiloluluğun (mild obesity) and obesity prevalence is increasing. The World Health Organization (WHO), according to the information in the world, and about 1.6 billion overweight and 400 million obese people were there, and in 2015 this number is expected to reach 700 million and 2 , 3 billion.

The prevalence of obesity is increasing in almost all regions of the world, is affected not only women and men, adults, children and adolescents. Cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension and certain types of cancer, diseases of the musculoskeletal diseases, such as education, reduced quality of life and death, leading to obesity is not just a global public health problem, but also as a factor that is negatively on the economy of the country can also be viewed.

Poor diet and physical activity are the main causes of obesity are health problems caused by the lack of consumption of snuff in the United States caused by the second leading cause of preventable death. A long, healthy and happy expectation in the 21st Century of human obesity is of great importance to the prevention strategy to health services. Making health authorities as part of preventive health services should include all sectors of society, the rapid and effective implementation of non-formal education activities in an effort to be aware and prepared.

WHO in the fight against obesity, especially in many international organizations, changed eating habits around the world, and to provide a proper and balanced diet and habits of active lifestyle by developing a variety of pioneering programs adoption issues and the efforts of many countries in the world in the form of different strategies and action plans for people ulaştırılmaya investigated.

Due to the growing epidemic of obesity in our country, on 15-17 November 2006 in Istanbul, by contrast, "the European Ministerial Conference on Counteracting Obesity WHO", was carried out, was the opening of the conference for the first Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was on board the recommendations for the obesity epidemic discussed. Nationally, these conferences and internationally, particularly in the areas of health, agriculture, education, sports, transport, social security sectors, as well as other ministers and senior government officials, representatives of international organizations and NGOs, experts and representatives of international organizations and members of the press with the participation is held by some 500 people. During the conference, the Minister of Health, Prof.. Dr. Recep Akdag and WHO Regional Office for Europe. DANZON MD "European Charter on Counteracting Obesity" signature.

To accelerate the activities related to the prevention of obesity, the achievement of the objectives, goals and new strategies and activities in line with the needs of a particular context, the development of a national policy and plan of action for implementing urgency and Turkey was Born "Healthy Eating and Active Living Program" was willing to guarantee.