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The Ministry of Health and Prevention has actually arranged an induction workshop for food event catering firms to shed light on the purposes and the nutritional standards of the recently released 'Health Satisfying' initiative. The initiative sustains the continuous initiative to advertise workplace practices that make healthy eating selections offered whatsoever job-related events.

Dr. Fadila Mohammed Sharif, Director of the Health Education and Promotion Division, said that the effort becomes part of Ministry of Health and Avoidance - Health Encouraging Workplace Program, which offers the Ministry's purposes to decrease the frequency of non-communicable illness in UAE culture by advertising healthy and balanced way of lives; develop healthy local areas; increase community recognition on the value of exercise and eating healthy and balanced food; and tobacco cessation. The Ministry additionally seeks to develop a friendly setting conducive to healthy and balanced living and motivates the active engagement of local areas and civil culture institutions in advertising health-related programs.

Nouf Khamis, Deputy Manager of Health Education and Promotion Department added that the initiative intends to urge food-catering companies to offer well balanced meals inning accordance with the approved requirements and demands. She additionally highlighted the effect of the work environment on the health and wellness of the workers, which might affect their initiatives to participate in healthy consuming behaviors and physical activities. An employee spends a big part of his day functioning and participating in office meetings. They have the tendency to eat a considerable percentage of their meals throughout their functioning hours. Fatty meals and unhealthy beverages with high portions of sugar are commonly served during these meetings instead of healthier alternatives. Therefore, workplace atmosphere that supports healthy and balanced eating can dramatically contribute to the health and well-being of all workers by providing variety of healthy alternatives.

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