Her Excellency Professor Maha Taysir
Barakat To Chair Advanced Diabetes Conference In Abu Dhabi
Imperial
College London Diabetes Centre is set to host more than 140 medical specialists
at the inaugural Advanced Diabetes Conference this coming weekend (September
20-21 2013).
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| Her Excellency Professor Maha Taysir Barakat Director General HAAD |
Set to be an annual
event, the expert speaker line-up will table trending topics including thyroid
disorders, renal complications, diabetes in children, as well as bariatric
surgery.
Dr Nader Lessan,
Consultant Endocrinologist at Imperial College London Diabetes Centre and
Honorary Lecturer at Imperial College London, noted that bariatric surgery is
shown to be particularly useful for those living with both diabetes and
obesity. He is also a member of the conference organising committee.
“The pros and cons of
bariatric surgery will come under hard debate as demand for the procedure is
pegged to rise,” he said.
Dr Nader also confirmed
that Her Excellency Professor Maha Taysir Barakat, the director general of Abu
Dhabi’s Health Authority (HAAD) will chair the conference.
According to the
conference schedule (www.diabetesconference.icldc.ae/programme) Professor
Maha will lead the opening session with a keynote address that is expected to
offer some new insights to help manage diabetes prevalence in the UAE,
presently ranked 11th worldwide.
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| Conference secretary, Dr Nader Lessan |
More than 371 million people worldwide are living with diabetes,
citing the latest figures from the International Diabetes Federation suggesting
that the condition affects 18.9 per cent of the UAE population.
“Almost 50 per cent of people living with diabetes are not aware
of their condition,” Professor Maha advised.
It is Professor Maha’s
second official visit to ICLDC in recent weeks following the launch of a
nationwide grass roots initiative, Start Walking., when she was joined by
Daman’s CEO Dr Michael Bitzer, among others.
Under the patronage of
Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Start Walking., part of
Diabetes-Knowledge-Action, ICLDC’s long-running public health awareness
campaign, invites individuals and corporates to host community events and
mini-walks, with more than 750,000 steps chalked up in the first eight weeks
alone.
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| Her Excellency Professor Maha Taysir Barakat will lead the opening session with a keynote address |
Dr Nader advised that
conference delegates are also being invited to take part in Start Walking, with
a Walk Around The Centre scheduled during day one. He expects more than 100
medical specialists to take part.
“Of course, medical
insights and procedures are crucial in the research and treatment of diabetes
and its many related complications. However, we can’t stress enough that it is
the smart, simple steps of a balanced diet and regular exercise that help
manage and even prevent diabetes.
“Advanced Diabetes
Conference is going all-out to support these two prongs by practicing what we
preach and walking a kilometre around ICLDC, contributing 200,000 steps to the
Start Walking. target.”
Professor Maha confirmed that maintaining a healthy diet and
taking a 30-minute brisk walk every day has been shown to reduce the risk of
type 2 diabetes by up to 58 per cent.
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