Dubai Health Establishes a culture of healthy eating patterns in the school community

The Dubai Health Authority stressed the importance of establishing a culture of healthy eating patterns among students, teachers, parents and school administrations, with the aim of enhancing the quality of life at the school community level.

Advisor to the Director-General of the Authority and Director of its Public Health Protection Department, Dr. Ramadan Al-Balushi, said that the Authority pays the health and safety of students its utmost attention, and places them at the forefront of its priorities and the goals of its preventive plans and programs, out of its belief in the importance of raising the level of health fitness, and achieving mental and physical balance for male and female students. This enables them to raise the level of academic and cognitive achievement.

He added during the interactive forum for private schools in the Emirate of Dubai, which was held recently with the participation of officials, specialists, and school nutrition and health experts, in addition to international participation from Germany, Finland, Canada and Argentina, that the forum is an important link in an important series to enhance the prevention system and quality of life in the Emirate of Dubai in general, and in Schools specifically. He added that the forum witnessed the participation of more than 100 private schools in Dubai, and was attended by 200 male and female teachers, doctors and nurses, in addition to more than 400 students and parents. The evening sessions of the forum witnessed wide participation from community members, which enriched the open dialogues and discussions with more ideas and visions about school health.

The forum included a distinctive set of activities designed to meet the needs of different groups of parents and children, including: interactive pavilions, which presented the latest educational technologies and best practices for improving general nutrition for children in schools, in addition to open discussion panels between school leaders and international speakers, on the importance of modern technologies. In developing knowledge of healthy dietary patterns in schools, training sessions and refining experiences focused on applying innovative health and nutritional curricula, in which a large group of international teachers, doctors, nurses and specialists participated.