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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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t_coffee_or_me said
Why not when ...Sheep which have been rejected bu other GCC countries, due to sickness, are imported in Qatar.
LincolnPirate said
These data aren't 'shocking', ...These data aren't 'shocking', they are expected. Expect amazing!
Physics is like sex. Sometimes we get some practical results, but that's not why we're doing it!
stealth said
Tcom, the shipment was ...Tcom, the shipment was rejected only by Bahrain, which later accepted the shipment after it was accepted by both Qatar and UAE
t_coffee_or_me said
stealth ...Bahrain accepted the empty shipment
Knight Returns said
Healthy lifestyle is ...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.
LincolnPirate said
The idea of "keeping the ...The idea of "keeping the wealth in the family" also means keeping the diseases in the family.
Physics is like sex. Sometimes we get some practical results, but that's not why we're doing it!
Knight Returns said
LP, You couldn't have said it ...LP, You couldn't have said it better...funny but true!!
strawberry_shisha said
lol at LP..i wish there's a ...lol at LP..i wish there's a "LIKE" button on QL ;)
"Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History" ~ Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Qatar__Uk said
I'm shocked no one has blamed ...I'm shocked no one has blamed the maids/drivers yet.
nomerci said
well, that would be their ...well, that would be their problem...let them deal with it the way they want.
" Those who come to a conclusion by a process without rational, logical thought, cannot be dissuaded from that conclusion by logical, rational argument.
tamanna1 said
Healthy life ...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.
tamanna