The Public Authority for Youth opened the registration yesterday for the “Your Health is Your Wealth” project’s second season. The project aims to spread health awareness and combat obesity in young people aged 6 and 17 years.
The authority stated is a project of the national youth policy, and includes the establishment of an eight-week intensive sports nutrition program with the implementation of a sports plan and exemplary exercises for participants. In addition, the project will focus on training and nutritional follow-up for three days a week in the youth centers of the authority. To register in the project, which is carried out through the authority’s website (www.youth.gov.kw), the guardian’s approval and an authorized medical examination are required.
The authority stressed its keenness on spreading awareness among young people the dangers and harms of obesity, making efforts to combat the condition and limit its spread through awareness campaigns, lectures and workshops on how to organize food. The authority also stressed the importance of movement and sports to reduce obesity-related diseases.