KUWAIT: Interest in reducing increased weight lately, as the obesity phenomenon became widespread, to a point it is almost categorized as a pandemic in most societies for several reasons including change in lifestyle and physical activity in addition to increasing portion of meals, that besides the existence of hormone or genetic reasons.

So, maintaining a healthy weight, and reducing excess weight is something very important to prevent against diseases resulting from obesity such as type 2 diabetes, heart attacks and cancer.

The Cancer Aware Nation (CAN) took the initiative to fight this pandemic through organizing a program to reduce weight in cooperation with Heido Academy under the theme “reduce your weight” that relies on a physical activity to reduce weight coupled with concentrating on healthy nutrition.

The program focuses on maintaining healthy weight, boost self-confidence, care for physical health and prevent against chronic diseases. Following a healthy nutrition system, and exercising lead to strengthening the body and its fitness.

So, Heido Academy carried out the eighty “reduce your weight” program, as the Academy’s Abdullah Al-Khalid said the program lasted 27 days (2/7 – 29/7/2024) with 52 participants. The activity started with weighing all participants then the physical and fitness program began with several coaches.

Most of the participants benefited from the program by losing weight in addition to eating healthy. The program relies on changing the daily routine by adopting new habits and stop others that may affect weight, such as eating food while watching TV, have physical activity for 30 minutes per day.