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          Obesity

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          HealthMarch 21, 2023
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          Talabat will provide data on public orders to health authorities in a bid to boost healthy eating. Photo: Talabat

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          Abdulrahman bin Mohamed Al Owais, Minister of Health and Prevention, said a new national nutrition strategy will decrease the prevalence of diseases connected to lifestyle.

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          Iraqi actress Enas Taleb at the Babylon International Festival in 2021. She is taking legal action against The Economist magazine for using her image with a story about obesity among women in the Middle East. Getty

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