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Originally Posted by blankall
The Palestinian territories have one of the world's highest obesity problems:
http://www.economist.com/node/8846631
Sub-Saharan Africa? Really? The gap between reality and fantasy when it comes to Israel is astonishing. |
Your article is from 2007, not exactly current considering the blockade started that year. Israel imports the bare minimum food so the people don't starve, but calories alone don't stop malnutrition. 10% of kids are stunted, and 65% suffer from anemia. The blockade also stops people from getting essential medical care and necessary medicine. 30% of drugs deemed essential have 0 stock.
http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb...20FINAL-LR.pdf
If you're looking for another source, Unicef has similar numbers online.