Schoolchildren attending the lecture at Um Ghwalina Health Centre.
DOHA: With the aim of providing a number of important medical advices about the risks of obesity and the necessity to fight it by adopting a healthy and balanced diet Um Ghwalina Health Centre has organised lectures for schools students.
“Obesity is the most serious disease which destroys the body, not only because it is an illness, but also for being a key reason of many other fatal diseases. It should be treated seriously by adopting a regular healthy lifestyle mainly a balanced diet, exercises, smoking cessation as well as other necessary health procedures,” Dr Shawqiya Al Majid, Director of Um Ghwalina Health Centre, said.
In this context, Dr Shaima’a Mohammed Al Mutaw’a, Family Medicine Specialist, said that the main goal of such activities is to shed the light on chronic diseases that became widely and abnormally spread in our community, mainly obesity, due to its consequent health problems. Obesity is a cause of many diseases such as diabetes and is a consequence of high cholesterol and heart diseases, she added.
The event also included several lectures addressed obesity, its causes and symptoms, preventive methods, as well as the healthy food and diet, and shed the light on the importance of physical exercise. It also involved various activities including the distribution of souvenirs to students, healthy meals and appreciation certificates.
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