Preventing Obesity Program

The Obesity Clinic has been opened in the Royal Commission Hospital. The goal of this clinic is to reduce and to treat the obesity cases. This program is under supervision of a medical team consisted of:

• Endocrinologist.

• General Surgery.

• Plastic Surgery.

• Psychiatrics specialist.

• Dietitian.

• Health education specialist.

• Physiotherapist.

In this Clinic a medical examination is done including the following:

• Clinical and laboratory examination.

• Taking the measurement of the body (Weight, tall, neck circumference, waist circumference and pelvic circumference for female).

• Study the history of the patient to know the reasons of the obesity.

• The role of dietitian and Health Education is: To understand the patient life style.

• To recognize the patient wrong customs during eating to reach the real reasons lead to the obesity.

• To explain to him the different between his food pattern and the correct one and his wrong habits.

This program was developed taking into account the health awareness and education of the community through:

• Spreading of Health Programs.

• Education of patients within T.V. and Broadcasting.

• Lectures and Symposiums.

• Distributing of books and booklets regarding obesity.

Hundreds of patients are followed this program. Their conditions improved gradually and some of them lost %10 of their weight within three months. The difficult cases will be treated surgically.