Ministry of Health, medics stress importance of healthy lifestyles

Ministry of Health, medics stress importance of healthy lifestyles

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health has stressed the importance of raising the level of health awareness among members of society regarding healthy lifestyles through awareness programs. This was stated in a speech by the Head of the Internal Medicine Department at the Amiri Hospital Dr Saad Al-Zanki during the celebration of the first (Amiri Day) under the slogan “Nutrition and movement, health and blessing” in Al Shaheed Park under the patronage of the Minister of Health Dr Khaled Al-Saeed and the presence of the hospital director Dr Ali Alanda.

The celebration included a “Waathon” race and many awareness programs as the holy month of Ramadan approaches. Al-Zanki stressed the importance of promoting awareness among community members about healthy lifestyles, achieving nutritional balance and reducing the intake of high-calorie foods during the holy month of Ramadan, especially patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes and blood pressure.

He pointed out that the greatest danger facing our societies today is the pandemic of chronic non-communicable diseases – pointing out that “Kuwaiti society in particular suffers from alarming rates of diabetes and obesity, in addition to other diseases such as high blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking, cirrhosis of the liver and chronic kidney disease.”

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