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Sharjah:
"Gulf"
With the support and patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher Bint, Mohammed Al Qasimi, wife of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah and President of the Supreme Council of Family Affairs in Sharjah, the World Health Organization Regional Meeting ( WHO) was opened yesterday in Sharjah. The event was organized by the Department of Health Education of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs from 26 to 28 November at Sharjah University, under the theme: "Nahawar,.
The World Health Organization (WHO) called for more advanced health food policies, highlighting the importance of improving the level of nutrition as a key factor in preventing disease chronic. As this is a key factor in achieving the sustainable development goals of this region of the world.
The World Health Organization (WHO), at the Sharjah University Health and Health Sciences College Meeting, urged countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region to coordinate their efforts to identify solutions and best practices for the problem of obesity.
At the regional meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Sharjah Declaration on Obesity was signed. The director of the Department of Education, in cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO), announced this statement. The meeting participants pledged to implement the provisions of And take all necessary measures to combat this phenomenon in the Eastern Mediterranean region and to sensitize societies to the dangers of this dangerous scourge, with the emphasis on children and adolescents.
The meeting was organized by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Department of Health Education of the Higher Council of the Family in Sharjah, the Ministry of Health and Community Protection and the University of Sharjah: Dr. Ahmed Al-Maqtari, Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean; Dr. Hussein Al-Rand, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Health Center and Clinic Sector, Ministry of Health, Dr. Ayoub Al-Jawaldeh, FAO Regional Advisor for Nutrition, as well as many government officials and many others representatives of the country's official and private health authorities. Among the different countries of the region and representatives of doctors and interested, in the midst of the participation of more than 32 experts and representatives of the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean.
In his opening address, Dr. Ahmed Al-Muntari said: "The convening of the FAO Regional Meeting in Sharjah aims to share policies, programs and plans to combat obesity and gaining weight and launching a new regional framework to reduce obesity as well as regional food classification policies.And praised the efforts and efforts made by the Sharjah emirate to promote the health awareness and prevention and the fight against noncommunicable diseases, as well as its initiative to organize a regional conference on health, focusing on ways to combat obesity in children and women. teens.
For his part, Iman Rashid Saif affirmed that Sharjah fully supported the decisions of the regional meeting of the WHO, organized by the Emirate, with the generous support and patronage of His Highness Sheikha Jawaher Mohammed Al Qasimi; That is based on the vision and guidance of His Highness the ruler of Sharjah and his wife Sheikha Jawahar bint Mohammed Al Qassimi, President of the Supreme Council of Family Affairs, to make Sharjah a beacon to guide other peoples in search of solutions to the health problems that await them.
She stressed that the human being in Sharjah is the most precious wealth and that the health of children is the overriding priority and interest of the emirate's leaders.
Dr. Hussein Al-Rand said that the United Arab Emirates is keen to keep abreast of developments in the field of medicine, which has made Sharjah the world's leading healthy city in the Middle East. . With the support of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member, Ruler of Sharjah, expressed his thanks and gratitude to His Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, wife of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah for his support and patronage.
"Levels of obesity are increasing at an alarming rate in the UAE, which has prompted them to take action to reduce obesity as part of the UAE's 2021 National Agenda", a- he declared.
Dr. Ayoub Al-Jawaldeh presented a working paper on the reality and statistics of the phenomenon of obesity in the region, pointing out that the Middle East has identified 2.5 million deaths per year due to noncommunicable diseases or 62% of total mortality in the region.
According to 2014 figures, about half of women (51%) and more than two in five men (43.8%) in the eastern Mediterranean suffer from obesity and overweight.
The health conference, which will reach more than 2,000 people over the next two days, will address various issues related to obesity in children and adolescents, with the participation of more than 30 physicians, experts, local specialists , Arab and European.
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