2023-10-30 03:00:00
Written by Walid Abdel Salam Monday, October 30, 2023 05:00 AM Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, spokesman for Ministry of Health And the population, obesity causes many diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, and others.
The spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population confirmed that the Egyptian state attaches great importance to eliminating obesity, as part of the Ministry’s approach to the broader concept of health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or disability according to the definition of the World Health Organization, especially among children and adolescents.
He added the importance of strengthening joint efforts between concerned parties and organizations to work through a national program for public health and eliminating obesity by strengthening a strong surveillance system for examining children and early detection of obesity, increasing public awareness of healthy food, physical activity, and the danger of obesity, and raising awareness of the importance of increasing breastfeeding rates during the first year. From life, as well as setting nutritional standards, regulations and legislation that enable the implementation of World Health Organization recommendations to eliminate obesity by 2030.
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