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While men seek lesser treatments for obesity related health issues, women feel socially pressurised to appear good looking.
Dr Anne Laurent-Jaccard, MD Internal Medicine, Vice-President of the Swiss Association for the Study of Metabolism and Obesity and Consultant at Clinique La Prairie (CLP) in Switzerland, said that most fat cells in women were deposited at the hips.
“But for men, the deposits settle around the waist and can lead to complicated health problems including cardiac issues,” said Dr Anne.
Dr Anne was in Dubai recently to give an update on the latest medical news and updates to weight management and its benefits.
She said that adopting healthier eating habits would lead to weight loss and also add quality years to our life.
“Metabolism is our body’s energy burn rate. If we don’t obtain enough energy when dieting, we destroy our muscles and eventually gain more weight that we first lost,” she explained.
“Therefore, it is mandatory to respect our individual needs and sensations when eating and to engage in regular physical activity,” she added.
Talking about nutrition and lifestyle in the UAE, Dr Anne said that the incidence of obesity in the UAE was among the highest in the world. “This is hugely attributed to lifestyle and diet,” she said. According to World Health Organisation, more than 75 per cent of women over the age of 30 are overweight in the UAE. Overweight men are 66.9 per cent while obese women are 39.4 per cent and men are 24.5 per cent.
Approximately 80 per cent of heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes, and 40 per of cancer can be avoided through healthy diet, regular physical activity and avoidance of tobacco use.
Dr Anne said that parents need to set a healthy lifestyle for their children. “It is not only about providing a nutritional meal to the child, but also spending quality time with them,” she added.
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