DOHA: Health authorities meet on Sunday to chart a nutrition and physical exercise strategy to face the challenge of growing obesity among its population and related health complications.
At least 71 percent of all Qatar residents are overweight and 32 percent of all residents are obese or morbidly obese.
The prevalence of childhood obesity is also high with 28 percent of Qatari children being overweight.
Qatar has the second highest prevalence of overweight and obesity in the GCC region.
The National Committee for Nutrition and Physical Activity will work, in cooperation with World Health Organisation, to establish healthy food habits and community workout programmes.
Given the fact that the primary drivers for the chronic disease burden that accounts for a majority of deaths in the country are lifestyle factors, such as dietary patterns coupled with a sedentary lifestyle, the committee aims to curb the problem.
Studies show that chronic diseases are a major cause of death in Qatar, accounting for 47 percent of classified deaths in 2008.
The occurrence of diabetes among Qataris is 16.7 percent, the fourth highest rate in the world, while the global average is estimated at 6.4 percent.
The plan is in tune with the Preventative Healthcare system that the National Health Strategy (NHS) 2011-2016 aims at.
“The nutrition and physical activity workshop at will include several topics including maternal and child nutrition and exercise for all community members, especially school students. The working group of the National Committee for Nutrition and physical activity will have many events to initiate systems and policies that deal with sound nutrition and physical activity.
“They will work in conjunction with a comprehensive media plan to promote health patterns,” said Dr Sheikha Anoud bint Mohammed Al Thani, Director of Health Promotion and Non Communicable Diseases Department at SCH, in a press statement.
SCH aims at establishing a comprehensive and integrated nutrition and physical activity programme with individual initiatives targeted at various stakeholders.
To achieve this, the government aims to have health promotion in schools, wellness promotion in the workplace, led by government offices with established health promotion programmes, implementing media awareness campaigns for nutrition and physical activity, prevention guidelines for healthcare service, develop policies to reduce fast food consumption and promote healthy food options at restaurants and key retail outlets.
National Committee for Nutrition and Physical activity includes institutions and national bodies as Supreme Council of Health, Supreme Education Council, Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning, Ministry of Environment, Qatar Olympic Committee, Hamad Medical Corporation, Primary Healthcare, Qatar University, Aspetar, Qatar Museums Authority and Qatar Women Sports Committee.
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Indonesia has recalled its ambassador to Saudi Arabia in response to the execution of an Indonesian maid who was convicted of murdering her Saudi employer.
The maid’s beheading has sparked protests in Jakarta and calls for an explanation from Riyadh.
In the past 20 years, a total of 303 migrant workers from Indonesia have been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia.
Indonesia has managed to help only 12 of its citizens escape execution.
According to the Al Jazeera report, Indonesians blame their own government just as much as they blame Saudi Arabia, saying it’s a matter of human rights.
How this case will affect the rest of the Gulf remains to be seen.
Qatar’s City Center mall will introduce pay-for-parking July 1, officials have said.
The mall, which has arguably the most congested parking lot in Doha, will charge QR2 for the first hour, QR3 for the second and third hours and then QR10 for every hour after that, according to a circular issued to tenants.
The Peninsula reports:
While there are other pay parking facilities in the city such as at Doha International Airport and Souq Waqif, the City Center is the first shopping mall to introduce the facility in the country, which could be an added burden for shoppers already saddled by rising prices.
But the mall management says the new system would be more of a benefit to customers.
“It takes a long time for a motorist to find a parking slot, sometimes it can take one hour to look for a space to park, but with the new guiding system it is very easy to find a place to park,” said Schweigel.
“On the top of every parking slot, will be an indicator which turns green when the space is available and red if it is not,” he added, saying it would dramatically reduce the time spent for looking for a parking space.
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