OBESITY RATES IN 2000WOMEN MEN SHARP INCREASE IN TWO MOST COMMON CANCERS 20% increase in breast cancer between 1998 and 2007 2.3 fold increase in colorectal cancer in men, 2.7 fold incre
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WOMEN
MEN
SHARP INCREASE IN TWO MOST COMMON CANCERS
20% increase in breast cancer between 1998 and 2007
2.3 fold increase in colorectal cancer in men, 2.7 fold increase in women between 1998 and 2007
$9.5 BILLION USD
TYPICAL DIET
predominantly dates, milk, fresh vegetables
and fruit, whole wheat bread and fish
SOURCES: All statistics from a combination of World Health Organisation (WHO), UN/ country statistics, Bahrain medical bulletin and US National Library for Medicine, Executive Board
of Health Ministers’ Council of GCC States, International Journal of Health Policy Management, Gulf Center for Cancer Control and Prevention and Al Masah Capital Research April 2014.
Size of GCC fast food market in 2012
GULF HEALTH: A MODERN HISTORY
Half a century of economic growth and modernisation has transformed the Gulf Cooperation Council region, lengthening life expectancy and eradicating many diseases But as with other developed economies, it has gone hand in hand with an increase in ‘rich world diseases’ such as diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease as lifestyles become more sedentary and dietary quality deteriorates
1960
1950 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2014
DIABETES RATES NEARLY 3 TIMES THE GLOBAL AVERAGE
PER CAPITA SPEND ON DIABETES IN 2013
UAE $2,228 USD
Kuwait $1,886 USD
Bahrain $905 USD Qatar $2,199 USD
GCC GLOBAL
1980 2011
CALORIE INTAKE IN SAUDI ARABIA