More than 14,000
tickets already issued
one week ahead of the
annual event to mark
World Diabetes Day
Walk 2012
Yas Marina Circuit
November 16 2012
Abu Dhabi UAE, November 8 2012: With less than one week to go to Walk 2012 the
community has been fast to show its support with more than 14,000 tickets
issued.
Walk
2012 is scheduled to take place on November 16 at Yas Marina Circuit just two
days after World Diabetes Day.
Indications
are that more than 5,500 registrations have been captured online with another
9,000 tickets secured by a variety of organisations representing the private
and public sectors.
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With less than one week to
go to Walk 2012 the community has been fast to show its support with more than
14,000 tickets issued. Young supporters of campaign seen here walking for
diabetes in the last year’s walkathon.
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Organisers
are looking for more than 17,000 participants on the day, four times the number
who supported the first walk in 2007.
The National Health Insurance Company – Daman is on-board as the event
sponsor for the sixth year running.
Walk
2012 is part of Walk for Life, a key pillar in ICLDC’s long-running public
health awareness campaign ‘Diabetes-Knowledge-Action’ under the patronage of Her
Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak.
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The Community Warms Up To Abu Dhabi’s Walk 2012, November 16 at Yas Marina Circuit, just two days after World Diabetes Day.
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According
to the latest figures from the International Diabetes Federation, diabetes affects 19.2
per cent of the UAE population, and the UAE is ranked tenth in the list of
countries with highest prevalence, worldwide.
It is known that a tendency towards a sedentary lifestyle and an
unhealthy diet has contributed to increased obesity and fuelled diabetes
prevalence in the region.
Walk 2012 promotes the attributes of healthy
lifestyle by adopting the smart, simple steps of a balanced diet and regular
exercise, such as a 30-minute brisk walk each day.
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