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Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Dubai, 15 January, 2015: The clinical nutrition department of the Dubai Health Authority(DHA) has kicked-off its nutritional awareness campaign. The campaign known as Angiz Akhar( Do More) is taking place for the second consecutive year and will go on until end of April 2015. As part of the campaign, DHA nutritionists and physiotherapists will carry out 12 awareness campaigns at Dubai’s various walking tracks. Dr Wafa Ayesh, Director of Clinical Nutrition of the Dubai Health Authority, said: “ In 2013, we noticed that although some of our patients were regular with exercise but they were following incorrect practices such as not consuming water during exercise, consuming unnatural protein sources etc. We then realized that it is important to educate people who exercise about correct nutrition especially before and after exercise so that they can see positive results of exercising and be healthy. People need to understand that exercise and healthy eating go hand-in-hand and therefore awareness of both concepts is necessary.” During this campaign, the DHA has set up booths at Dubai’s various walking tracks and will raise awareness about topics such as nutrition for athletes, natural and unnatural sources of protein, ideal foods to consume before and after exercise, the importance of good carbohydrates, hazards of energy drinks etc. In addition, DHA specialists will also provide free health screening including BMI, blood sugar and blood pressure screening. Physiotherapists will also be present to discuss topics such as exercise and posture, correct way of exercising to avoid injuries. Dr Ayesh announced the roll out of this campaign during today’s DHA twitter clinic. Afra Bin Khatta, specialist clinical dietician and Maryam Al Shamsi, senior clinical dietician and head of nutrition education unit at the DHA were also present during the smart clinic.
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