Qataris at risk for host of health problems
DOHA: Nearly half of the Qatari population has three out of five of the risk factors that can lead to lifestyle diseases as diabetes.
Obesity is on the rise among the Qatari population with 70 percent overweight, out of whom 41.4 percent are obese. 16.4 percent smoke. 45.9 percent are found to have low physical activity, with women as the most sedentary with 54 percent against 37 percent men.
Almost every Qatari (91 percent) eat less than five servings of fruit or vegetables on average per day. High blood pressure is another risk factor that affects nearly one Qatari out of three.
These are some of the shocking data emerged from the National Step-wise Survey on the Non-Communicable Diseases Risk Factors issued by the Supreme Council of Health (SCH).
The unhealthy conditions of the Qatari population are reflected in their bad habits. Obesity, smoking, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, high blood pressure: five risk factors that eventually can lead to a non-communicable disease like diabetes.
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This is very bad condition. Fresh fruits and vegetables contain vitamins and minerals that are really good for health. Lack of exercise and healthy eating effecting people by many diseases. They need to eat fresh fruits, vegetables,salads rather than high protein diet and alcohol. Exercise is also very important to get rid of all these problems. It will improve their lifestyle and health.
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Health is more important than wealth...Now atleast by reading this article people should be careful in their Diet and life style.
Appropriate dieat and physicical exercises shold do.
well, that would be their problem...let them deal with it the way they want.
I'm shocked no one has blamed the maids/drivers yet.
lol at LP..i wish there's a "LIKE" button on QL ;)
LP, You couldn't have said it better...funny but true!!
The idea of "keeping the wealth in the family" also means keeping the diseases in the family.
Healthy lifestyle is important to minimise the disease symptoms/manifestations but its the small gene pool which is originally responsible for such dieases being acquired by many children born out of Qatari nationals.
Government provides incentive to Qatari males if they first marry a Qatari female and that's the reason all males here would first marry someone of their distant cousins.
I wouldn't be surprised if dieases like diabetes, obesity or high blood pressure etc. continued to increase amongst the youth in the future.
Bahrain accepted the empty shipment
Tcom, the shipment was rejected only by Bahrain, which later accepted the shipment after it was accepted by both Qatar and UAE
These data aren't 'shocking', they are expected. Expect amazing!
Sheep which have been rejected bu other GCC countries, due to sickness, are imported in Qatar.