Yasemin Bradley (née Özdemir; born 1966) is a Turkish female physician specialized as a

nutritionist A nutritionist is a person who advises others on matters of food and Human nutrition, nutrition and their impacts on health. Some people specialize in particular areas, such as sports nutrition, public health, or animal nutrition, among other disci ...

and

dietitian A dietitian, medical dietitian, or dietician is an expert in identifying and treating disease-related malnutrition and in conducting medical nutrition therapy, for example designing an enteral tube feeding regimen or mitigating the effects of ...

. She is also a television presenter and writer.

Biography

Born as Yasemin Özdemir, she graduated from the

Dokuz Eylül University Dokuz Eylül University () (DEÜ) is a Public university, public research university in İzmir, Turkey. Founded in 1982, it is organized into 18 faculties. It holds the distinction of being the first university in Turkey to implement the probl ...

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studying medicine. She worked a long time as a prime-time

news presenter A news presenter – also known as a newsreader, newscaster (short for "news broadcaster"), anchorman or anchorwoman, news anchor or simply an anchor – is a person who presents news during a news program on TV, radio or the Internet. ...

at the television channel

Kanal D Kanal D (English: Channel D) is a nationwide television channel in Turkey that is part of Demirören Group. It was founded by Ayhan Şahenk and Aydın Doğan in 1993. The network has also run an international channel, Euro D, since 1996, whic ...

. She moved to England and settled there when she was touched much from the destruction of the

1999 İzmit earthquake An earthquake of moment magnitude 7.6 struck Kocaeli Province, Turkey on 17 August 1999. According to official figures, at least 18,373 people died and 48,901 people were injured during the earthquake, and 5,840 people were missing. At least 15 ...

. In London, she was trained in media production management at the

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. She married

psychotherapist Psychotherapy (also psychological therapy, talk therapy, or talking therapy) is the use of Psychology, psychological methods, particularly when based on regular Conversation, personal interaction, to help a person change behavior, increase hap ...

Anthony Bradley, who inspired her in

healthy lifestyle Health promotion is, as stated in the 1986 World Health Organization (WHO) Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, the "process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health." Scope The WHO's 1986 Ottawa Charter for He ...

. Upon her spouse's advice, she received education in

nutrition Nutrition is the biochemistry, biochemical and physiology, physiological process by which an organism uses food and water to support its life. The intake of these substances provides organisms with nutrients (divided into Macronutrient, macro- ...

and

dieting Dieting is the practice of eating food in a regulated way to decrease, maintain, or increase body weight, or to prevent and treat diseases such as diabetes and obesity. As weight loss depends on calorie intake, List of diets, different kinds of ...

at the alternative therapy school ITEC in

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. Özdemir Bradley translated two books of the renowned American television and radio host

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(1929–2012) into Turkish under the title ''Kiminle Ne Zaman, Nerede, Ne Zaman, Nasıl Konuşmalı'' (1996), ''II. Dünya Savaşı Aşk Öyküleri'' (2002). She authored with her spouse diet food books ''Gelecek Yiyeceklerde'' ("The Future is in Food") in 2002, and ''Bradley Mutfağı'' ("Bradley's Cuisine") in 2004. She edited the memoirs of a military officer and published it in 2002 under the title ''Parola: Harbiyeli Aldanmaz'' ("Password: Cadet does not get taken in"). In 2009, she published a series of three books on child development titled ''Cemile Doğru Beslenmeyi Öğreniyor'' ("Cemile Learns How to Eat Healthily"), ''Cemile Sağlıklı Yaşamayı Öğreniyor'' ("Cemile Learns How to Live Healthily"), and ''Cemile Boyu Uzasın İstiyor'' ("Cemile Wishes To Grow Tall"). In 2012, she started a television program titled ''Dr. Yasemin Bradley ile Reçetesiz Hayat ("Life Without Prescription by Dr. Yasemin Bradley") at the channel

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aired Thursday nights at 21:05 local time.

Awards and honours

She was honored with the "Best Female TV News Presenter 1996" award by the "Tabloid Journalists Association" ().

Works

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References

External links

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