Food-Based Dietary Guidelines for the Arab Gulf Countries
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The concept of food-based dietary guidelines (FBDG) has been promoted by several international organizations. However, there are no FBDG for the countries in the Arab region. As the Arab Gulf countries share similar a socioeconomic and nutrition situation, an attempt was made to develop FBDG for these countries. This paper summarizes the steps taken to develope such guidelines by the Arab Center for Nutrition. The FBDG were developed through 6 steps: (1) determination of the purpose and goals for establishing FBDG, (2) characteristics of FBDG, (3) determination of the food consumption patterns, (4) review the current nutrition situation, (5) determination of the lifestyle patterns that are associated with diet-related diseases and (6) formulating the FBDG. The FBDG consist of 14 simple and practical pieces of advice taking into consideration the sociocultural status and nutritional problems in the Arab Gulf countries. The FBDG can be a useful tool in educating the public in healthy eating and prevention of diet-related chronic diseases.
- King Saud University Saudi Arabia
- Qatar University Qatar
- University of Bahrain Bahrain
- University of Jordan Jordan
- Bahrain Center for Strategic International and Energy Studies Bahrain
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, RC620-627, Economics, FOS: Political science, Population, Social Sciences, Business, Management and Accounting, FOS: Law, Review Article, Sociology, Influence of Corporations on Public Health Policy, Health Sciences, Food consumption, Obesity, Unhealthy food, Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases, Political science, Internal medicine, Economic growth, Agricultural economics, Global Trends in Obesity and Overweight Research, Sociocultural evolution, Mediterranean Diet, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Social science, Role of Mediterranean Diet in Health Outcomes, FOS: Sociology, Consumption (sociology), Environmental health, Socioeconomic status, Medicine, Law
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, RC620-627, Economics, FOS: Political science, Population, Social Sciences, Business, Management and Accounting, FOS: Law, Review Article, Sociology, Influence of Corporations on Public Health Policy, Health Sciences, Food consumption, Obesity, Unhealthy food, Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases, Political science, Internal medicine, Economic growth, Agricultural economics, Global Trends in Obesity and Overweight Research, Sociocultural evolution, Mediterranean Diet, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Social science, Role of Mediterranean Diet in Health Outcomes, FOS: Sociology, Consumption (sociology), Environmental health, Socioeconomic status, Medicine, Law
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