KUWAIT – Guards and the University of Kuwait conduct scientific research on "obesity and diabetes" among high school students

Under-Secretary-General of the National Guard, Mahashim Rifai, emphasized the importance of the National Guard in encouraging scientific and cultural research in cooperation with the scientific and academic institutions of the country through the guidance of His Highness Sheikh Salem Al Ali, In 1965, Rifai team work between the University of Kuwait and the Directorate of Medical Services of the National Guard, after the completion of scientific research: (links between the signs of obesity and pre-diabetes), which the University of Kuwait for publication in a scientific medical journal

The honor of the team included Dr. Adnan Taher Abel ( Chief of Community Medicine and Behavioral Sciences) at the University of Kuwait, Dr. Ali Hussein Diab (Assistant Professor in the Department), Physicians of the Medical Services Branch

The Rifai team explains that this rough Scientific research is one of the fruits of the protocol of cooperation between the National Guard and the University of Kuwait, which provides for the promotion of scientific research of utmost importance.

For his part, said the director of the Directorate of For Medical Services Colonel Anwar Taqi Hussein Scientific research "links between signs of obesity and prediabetes" aims to combat obesity and diabetes in the community, especially among young children, where a study was conducted on the number of students (1845) 33% of them are in the pre-diabetes stage, which indicates that Obesity is the main factor leading to the disease.