Strategy to combat obesity and to promote physical activity in Arab countries

Abdulrahman O Musaiger1, Hazzaa M Al Hazzaa2, Aayed Al-Qahtani3, Jalila Elati4, Jasem Ramadan5, Nebal A AboulElla6, Najat Mokhtar7, Hashem A Kilani81Arab Center for Nutrition, Bahrain; 2,3King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, 4National Institute of Nutrition, Tunisia; 5University of Kuwait, Kuwait; 6N...

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Autores principales:	Abdulrahman O Musaiger, Hazzaa M Al Hazzaa, Aayed Al-Qahtani, et al
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:50ad99ec4d68412c90042e21ca98dc562021-12-02T11:12:51ZStrategy to combat obesity and to promote physical activity in Arab countries1178-7007https://doaj.org/article/50ad99ec4d68412c90042e21ca98dc562011-03-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.dovepress.com/strategy-to-combat-obesity-and-to-promote-physical-activity-in-arab-co-a6597https://doaj.org/toc/1178-7007Abdulrahman O Musaiger1, Hazzaa M Al Hazzaa2, Aayed Al-Qahtani3, Jalila Elati4, Jasem Ramadan5, Nebal A AboulElla6, Najat Mokhtar7, Hashem A Kilani81Arab Center for Nutrition, Bahrain; 2,3King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, 4National Institute of Nutrition, Tunisia; 5University of Kuwait, Kuwait; 6National Nutrition Institute, Egypt; 7Ibn Tofail University, Morocco; 8Sultan Qaboos University, OmanAbstract: Obesity has become a major public health problem in the Arab countries, creating a health and economic burden on these countries&rsquo; government services. There is an urgent need to develop a strategy for prevention and control of obesity. The third Arab Conference on Obesity and Physical Activity was held in Bahrain in January 2010, and proposed the Strategy to Combat Obesity and Promote Physical Activity in Arab Countries. This strategy provides useful guidelines for each Arab country to prepare its own strategy or plan of action to prevent and control obesity. The strategy focused on expected outcomes, objectives, indicators to measure the objectives, and action needs for 9 target areas: child-care centers for preschool children, schools, primary health care, secondary care, food companies, food preparation institutes, media, public benefit organizations, and the workplace. Follow-up and future developments of this strategy were also included.Keywords: obesity, physical activity, strategy, Arab countries Abdulrahman O MusaigerHazzaa M Al HazzaaAayed Al-Qahtaniet alDove Medical PressarticleSpecialties of internal medicineRC581-951ENDiabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy, Vol 2011, Iss default, Pp 89-97 (2011)
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spellingShingle	Specialties of internal medicine RC581-951 Abdulrahman O Musaiger Hazzaa M Al Hazzaa Aayed Al-Qahtani et al Strategy to combat obesity and to promote physical activity in Arab countries
description	Abdulrahman O Musaiger1, Hazzaa M Al Hazzaa2, Aayed Al-Qahtani3, Jalila Elati4, Jasem Ramadan5, Nebal A AboulElla6, Najat Mokhtar7, Hashem A Kilani81Arab Center for Nutrition, Bahrain; 2,3King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, 4National Institute of Nutrition, Tunisia; 5University of Kuwait, Kuwait; 6National Nutrition Institute, Egypt; 7Ibn Tofail University, Morocco; 8Sultan Qaboos University, OmanAbstract: Obesity has become a major public health problem in the Arab countries, creating a health and economic burden on these countries&rsquo; government services. There is an urgent need to develop a strategy for prevention and control of obesity. The third Arab Conference on Obesity and Physical Activity was held in Bahrain in January 2010, and proposed the Strategy to Combat Obesity and Promote Physical Activity in Arab Countries. This strategy provides useful guidelines for each Arab country to prepare its own strategy or plan of action to prevent and control obesity. The strategy focused on expected outcomes, objectives, indicators to measure the objectives, and action needs for 9 target areas: child-care centers for preschool children, schools, primary health care, secondary care, food companies, food preparation institutes, media, public benefit organizations, and the workplace. Follow-up and future developments of this strategy were also included.Keywords: obesity, physical activity, strategy, Arab countries
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title	Strategy to combat obesity and to promote physical activity in Arab countries
title_short	Strategy to combat obesity and to promote physical activity in Arab countries
title_full	Strategy to combat obesity and to promote physical activity in Arab countries
title_fullStr	Strategy to combat obesity and to promote physical activity in Arab countries
title_full_unstemmed	Strategy to combat obesity and to promote physical activity in Arab countries
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Strategy to combat obesity and to promote physical activity in Arab countries

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