Karabalık, Deniz
Kendilci, Esma Aksoy
Article History
Received: 29 July 2025
Accepted: 14 September 2025
First Online: 4 November 2025
Declarations
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: Source of the Study: This article is derived from the unpublished master’s thesis entitled“Evaluation of Obesity Prevalence, Nutritional Habits, and Quality of Life of ImmigrantMeskhetian Turks: The Case of Ahlat District of Bitlis Province. Prior Presentation: Preliminaryfindings of this research were presented as an oral presentation at the 1st InternationalCongress on Health Sciences (23–25 May 2024) and published as a conference abstract.
: Written permission was obtained from Ahlat District Governorate to conduct this study. Approval was obtained from Bitlis Eren University Ethics Committee (decision dated 28.09.2021 and numbered 21/9–10). The participants were informed about the study and granted their written informed consent. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.