Press Review of the week
January 3rd 2011
The beginning of the year starts with our goals and good resolutions for 2011. A good way to be healthy!
This week, the New York Times gives us good resolutions for the New Year:
- Anahad O’Conor in “The Claim: Taking a Walk Can Help Reduce Cravings” encourages to new habits: to go for a walk. Owing to 3 studies conducted among regulate chocolate eaters or smokers, a 15min-walk greatly reduces cravings.
- Nicholas Bakalar in “Behavior: Distracted Eating Adds More to Waistlines” warns against the eating front of the TV or the computer: You may end the day eating more than you think. This should discourage us snacking while checking emails or twitter!
Changing habits: here is a wide public awareness campaign for Saudi Arabia. December 31, The Saudi Gazette, said that the bad eating habits of Saudis cause metabolic disorders: the most common health problem in the Kingdom. On the other hand, afraid by the growing prevalence of obesity in MENA, UAE parents put their child on diet, reported Emirates 24/7, even if most of the time, risks are ignored.
Gulfnews, December 21, traces the story of the two biggest players in the UAE weight-loss pills market in the Gulf: Xenical (from Roche) and Reductil (from Abbott Laboratories). The diet pills have flooded a lucrative market whereas in the past three years, demand has increased by at least 200 per cent. This inexorable attraction, especially after Ramadan, progresses despite warnings from health professionals and experts1. At the beginning of the year, Reductil has been removed from 300 licensed pharmacies in the UAE. The trend now is for herbal and traditional medicine.
- We had already discussed the risks of “slimming medications” in one of our previous articles (in French). [↩]
2 comments
Planteur says:
Jan 12, 2011
Mieux vaut une portion de légumes avec l’affection qu’un boeuf gras avec la haine.
Madeleine says:
Jan 12, 2011
Le légume ne vient qu’en terre cultivée. (proverbe Arabes)