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

A. Musaiger,Hazzaa M Al Hazzaa,A. Al-Qahtani,J. Elati,J. Ramadan,nebal A AboulElla,N. Mokhtar,H. Kilani

Published 2011 in Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity : Targets and Therapy

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Obesity has become a major public health problem in the Arab countries, creating a health and economic burden on these countries’ 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.

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