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Volume 7, Issue 6 (Suppl)
J Obes Weight Loss Ther
ISSN: 2165-7904 JOWT, an open access journal
Obesity Meeting 2017
October 23-24, 2017
October 23-24, 2017 Dubai, UAE
14
th
Global Obesity Meeting
The role of healthy lifestyle behavior change in managing obesity and CVD health conditions among
UAE and GCC Nationals
Amani Kamal Mohamed Akillah Saqallah
1
Mediclinic Al Noor Hospital, UAE
2
Zayed University, UAE
A
ctive physical activity and exercise, healthy nutrition and not smoking are well established for preventing and managing
lifestyle-related non-communicable but are less emphasized in the traditional medical treatment for addressing chronic
disease (i.e., obesity, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, hypertension, stroke, obstructive lung disease and more). This review
examines the relationships between people health and lifestyle behaviors, with special reference to prevention child obesity
approach. The review is conducted to synthesize evidence related to lifestyle factors such as healthy diet, healthy weight, active
physical activity, optimal sleep, not smoking andmanageable stress and health, with special reference to public health institutions
roles in both government and private sectors. The aim is to support that health behavior change competencies (examination/
assessment and intervention/treatment) may need to be included in first-line management of non- communicable disease,
either independently or in conjunction with medical therapy interventions. To address knowledge gaps in the literature in
UAE and GCC countries, however some systematic research review are indicated to establish the degree to which adopting
healthier lifestyle practices, avoids or reduces the need for conventional treatment, to establish the degree to which traditional
medical therapy interventions prescribed for chronic disease augment the benefits of lifestyle behavior change and to establish
whether patients/clients with healthier lifestyles, respond more favorably to usual medical therapy interventions than those
who have less healthy lifestyles with focus on children, teen and younger generations national programs to adopt different
lifestyle behaviors comparing with their parents in last 20 years.
amanikama@gmail.comJ Obes Weight Loss Ther 2017, 7:6 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7904-C1-052