IEEE Pulse Journal Publishes a Study on Obesity in Turkish Migrants

IEEE Pulse, a magazine of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers - IEEE, recently published an article on the subject of obesity among Turkish migrants.  IEEE Pulse Magazine focuses on biomedical technologies and methods, clinical engineering, and societal implications of medical technologies.

Although the study found that migration has little impact on the obesity rates among Turkish migrants, statistics portraying the current state of obesity and related diseases such as type 2 diabetes among Turks at the motherland and here in the states, are startling.  As the editorial team of TASSA, we wanted to share this important and certainly alarming findings with you, our membership body.

The article can be read in its entirety at the following link;

http://pulse.embs.org/january-2015/obesity-turkish-migrants/