SCH Organizes Workshop on National Nutrition Guidelines

Doha, June 05 (QNA) - The Supreme Council Of Health(SCH), organized a workshop on national nutrition guidelines in Qatar,in cooperation with Eastern Mediterranean Regional office of the World Health organisation(WHO) The workshop aimed at implementing the action plan of national nutrition and physical activity in order to reduce rates of obesity in Qatar . The workshop is also a practical application for Qatar's third goal of National Health Strategy (2011-2016). Addressing the workshop, Dr. Al Anoud bint Mohammad Al-Thani, Director of Health Promotion and Non-Communicable Diseases of the SCH, said that the workshop aims to reach recommendations for preparing the final document on the national nutrition guidelines in light of the discussions on nutrition's messages in the middle east and GCC countries and ways to implement them.(QNA)