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Are you overweight?
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BMI is a commonly used measure of overweight and obesity. BMI is calculated from your height and weight. It applies to male and female adults 20 years and above.
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Obesity: "Apple Shape" Body
The "apple shape" body (body fat is stored around the abdomen, the chest and the surround internal organs like the heart) is linked with health problems such as coronary heart disease, diabetes, strokes, high blood pressure and gall bladder disease.
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Napkin Dermatitis
Napkin dermatitis, also known as diaper rash or nappy rash, is very common. Some babies seem to get sore bottoms very easily, others very rarely, but they all grow out of it when they stop wearing nappies.
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The launch of the new DHA website
The launch of the new DHA website in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum at the GITEX Technology Week
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To be healthy, people need to be active. Our modern lifestyle and all the conveniences we have become used to have made us sedentary, which is dangerous for our health. This sedentary life increases the risk of developing chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes and coronary diseases.
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Asthma is one of the allergies, which is transferred hereditarily from parents to children.
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Heart, the main muscular organ, a pear-shaped structure about the
size of a fist . that pumps blood to all parts of the body. The normal heart has a rate of 72 beats per minute, but in infants the rate may be as high as 120 beats, and in children about 90 beats, per minute.The rhythmic beating of the heart is a ceaseless activity lasting from before birth to the end of life.
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Studies show that, 81% of UAE women suffer from lack of vitamin D and that there are tow out of every three women suffer this problem around the world. Vitamin D deficiency known now as a silent epidemic which affects more than 85 % of women around the world and the number keep rising to reach almost 100 % in the Middle East.
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Tobacco dependence is a real public health problem which warrants serious attention. According to World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, there are approximately 1.1 billion smokers in the world, which represents about on-third of global population aged 15 years and older.
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