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According to Mansour Al-Hawasi, Deputy Health Minister, the Saudi Ministry of Health in Riyadh has set better nutrition standards in food served to patients of government hospitals. During an event on nutrition held at King Fahd Medical City in Riyadh, he reported that “In addition to our internal arrangements about nutrition, we also hope to carry [...] The Food Science and Nutrition Department of the College of Agricultural & Marine Sciences at Sultan Qaboos University organized a workshop on ‘Food and Nutrition in Health and Disease’. The workshop discussed topics including Food and health; and nutrition and neurological and metabolic disorders in Oman. In addition to researchers from different colleges at SQU, three international [...] The Supreme Council for Health recently saw the conclusion of “Healthy Steps to Doha” programme, initiated in association with Supreme Education Council (SEC) to help increase health awareness and combat child obesity in schools. “Obesity has become one of the major epidemics with the latest statistics from World Health Organization showing one billion people as obese [...] The 5th Pan Arab Osteoporosis Congress will start from April 28th through 30th in Damascus, where Arab and international experts and practitioners are gathering to discuss the latest data on osteoporosis research, prevention and treatment. The conference is organized by the Pan Arab Osteoporosis Society (PAOS), in collaboration with the International Osteoporosis Foundation, and with the [...] H.E. Dr. Hanif Hassan, UAE Minister of Health, visited Rashid Center for Diabetes and Obesity in Ajman in preparation of its official opening next May. He was accompanied by Dr. Mahmood Fikri, Executive Director for Health Policies, Hamad Taryam Al Shamsi, Director of Ajman Medical Zone, Dr. Enas Kamel Loazi, Director of the Center and [...] Food and nutrition experts called for the adoption of more best practices in the food manufacturing industry during the Fifth Saudi Conference for Food and Nutrition, which was held recently at the Madareem Crown Hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In addition, Al Rabie Saudi Foods Co. Ltd. organized a special tour of the company’s production facilities [...] Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC) marked the “International Nutrition Week” from 28 – 31 March 2010. SKMC’s Clinical Dietetics reminded everyone that an easy way to focus on eating better is to start with the basics: build your nutritional health from the ground up. “Our intention was to promote healthy eating habits which will improve an [...] Hamad Medical Corporation is hosting the first ever Middle East Metabolic Dieticians workshop on the 2nd and 3rd of April, at Hajar auditorium. Over 60 dieticians and physicians from GCC and other countries such as Lebanon, Egypt, Jordon, Libya and Syria, along with experts from Germany, will discuss and deliberate on the latest developments in the [...] Dubai Municipalityin cooperation with Jocelyn Centre for Diabetes recently organized a diabetes check-up campaign, which included a programme for dieting, physical check up, free screening tests for the Municipality staff. Medical examinations were conducted for more than 200 employees and it was revealed that 50% of them were carriers of the disease. Hamid Farooq, Consultant Director [...] A spoonful of sugar? Americans are swallowing 22 teaspoons of sugar each day, and it’s time to cut way back, the American Heart Association says. Most of that added sugar comes from soft drinks and candy — a whopping 355 calories and the equivalent of guzzling two cans of soda and eating a chocolate bar. By comparison, [...] |
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