> A meta-analysis study in Middle East countries found that the prevalence of obesity and overweight was 21.17 and 33.14%, respectively (9). A recent survey conducted in Palestine concluded that the prevalence of overweight and obesity is 23.6 and 19.5% in the Gaza Strip
Norm is 33.14% overweight and 21.17% obese, palestine was (before 2021) 23.6% overweight and 19.5% obese.
So, no, Gazans are not suffering from obesity at “incredibly high rates”.
Malnutrition and obesity can also co-exist in the same person at the same time. Most of the articles on obesity in gaza point this out.
> Obese people can easily live for six months to one year without suffering health issues
Jesus christ. Are you really saying forced starvation is ok because some people have the fat reserves to not die from it??
Even if all the obese people in gaza had the fat reserves to last 6 months - which they don’t - you’re still giving the thumbs up to starving the other 80.5% of the population.
Not to mention, aid has been blocked since march so the other 19.5% has two months left of their supposed six months of “no health consequences”.
And for the record, I am so fucking disgusted I had to write this.
Norm is 33.14% overweight and 21.17% obese, palestine was (before 2021) 23.6% overweight and 19.5% obese.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9998069/#B10
So, no, Gazans are not suffering from obesity at “incredibly high rates”.
Malnutrition and obesity can also co-exist in the same person at the same time. Most of the articles on obesity in gaza point this out.
> Obese people can easily live for six months to one year without suffering health issues
Jesus christ. Are you really saying forced starvation is ok because some people have the fat reserves to not die from it??
Even if all the obese people in gaza had the fat reserves to last 6 months - which they don’t - you’re still giving the thumbs up to starving the other 80.5% of the population.
Not to mention, aid has been blocked since march so the other 19.5% has two months left of their supposed six months of “no health consequences”.
And for the record, I am so fucking disgusted I had to write this.