ReviewJournal of obesity2019
Health Promotion and Obesity in the Arab Gulf States: Challenges and Good Practices.
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- Challenges in child and adolescent health across the Arab Gulf countries-Focus on metabolic health.Clinical obesity · 2025Review
- Depression and Anxiety Among Obese and Overweight Individuals in Saudi Arabia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Cureus · 2025Review
- Policy paper: "Nudging for better nutrition: behavioral strategies to address childhood obesity in Arab communities" policy recommendations for action.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Dietary Patterns and Fertility.Biology · 2024Review
- Comparison of nutrition care services for adult obesity at primary care in two different periods in Saudi Arabia.BMC primary care · 2023Article
- Improving type 2 diabetes mellitus management in Ministry of Defense Hospitals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2018-2021.BMJ open quality · 2023Article
- Associations of Dyslipidemia with Dietary Intakes, Body Weight Status and Sociodemographic Factors among Adults in the United Arab Emirates.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Review of National Healthcare Systems in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries for Noncommunicable Diseases Management.Oman medical journal · 2022Review
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- Gulf Asthma Diagnosis and Management in Adults: Expert Review and Recommendations.The open respiratory medicine journal · 2022Review
- Adolescent Obesity Prevention in Saudi Arabia: Co-identifying Actionable Priorities for Interventions.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Associations between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D, body mass index and body fat composition among Emirati population: Results from the UAE healthy future study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Article
- A Combined Multidisciplinary Intervention for Health Promotion in the Workplace: A Pilot Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Dietary Management of Obesity: A Review of the Evidence.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Food Waste in the Countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council: A Systematic Review.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Assessment of nationally representative dietary studies in the Gulf Cooperation Council: a scoping review.PeerJ · 2020Article
- The FTO gene polymorphism rs9939609 is associated with obesity and disability in multiple sclerosis patients.Scientific reports · 2019Article
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Abstract
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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