Health Promotion and Obesity in the Arab Gulf States: Challenges and Good Practices

Autor: Anastasia Samara, Pernille Tanggaard Andersen, Arja R. Aro
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of Obesity, Vol 2019 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2090-0708
2090-0716
DOI: 10.1155/2019/4756260
Popis: This debate paper focuses on available strategies, policies, and challenges of health promotion for combating obesity in the Arab Gulf states (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar). The paper focuses on the abovementioned countries due to their similarity on many aspects and because of their alarming obesity rates that are on the rise and keep increasing. The paper argues that there are significant efforts to be made in sectors such as policies, intersectoral work, primary healthcare, health promotion strategies development, and qualified personnel for health promotion and health education. Among the six states, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and to a degree Oman have shown some development with regard to the implementation and evaluation of obesity-related health promotion policies, and thus other Arab Gulf countries could be inspired by existing good practices and move from good intentions to using their available wealth to invest in the implementation and evaluation of published policies and strategies. All Arab Gulf countries are in need of more qualified personnel and the development of infrastructure that can help tackle the growing obesity challenge that such countries are experiencing.
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