Record-breaking diabetes walkathon as more than 10000 pace 5kms at Yas Marina ...

Record-diabetes walkathon as more than 10.000 pace 5kms to yas Marina Circuit
More than 10.000 people to WALK UAE 2009 walkathon at yas Marina Circuit to raise the public awareness of diabetes, and break a record to begin.
The organizers, Imperial College London Diabetes Center, confirmed that the five-kilometer walk around the Marina Circuit yas the largest turnout received for diabetes walkathon, by more than 30 percent over last year.
ICLDC chairman and board member Mark Erhart, Suhail Al Ansari with the bumper crowd of walkers from organizations, families and individuals (yesterday, Friday, November 20, 2009) in an attempt to write regularly walk like an easy-to - management step in maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
Walk UAE 2009, the capital's third annual walkathon against diabetes, is the hallmark initiative in the UAE to bring diabetes to the forefront of the community. It is part of a Diabetes Knowledge Action "public awareness campaign by ICLDC, under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Fatima Mubarak girl, and in partnership with Emirates Foundation for Philanthropy.
Emirates Foundation's, Maytha Al Habsi is also part of the course, said Dr Michael Bitzer, CEO of Daman - The National Insurance Company. Daman her support as the exclusive sponsor of WALK UAE 2009 for the third time a role Cemented since the event's inaugural walk in 2007.
Taysir Dr Maha Barakat, Medical & Research Director and Consultant endocrinologist, ICLDC said: "The UAE has the second highest incidence of diabetes in the world, with more than 20 percent of the population live with diabetes.
"A sedentary lifestyle and unhealthy eating habits are cited as the main causes of the increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes in the UAE, and a 30-minute brisk walk every day can help to control and prevent."
In recent years, diabetes has reached epidemic levels across the world, with children as young as seven years of age the development of diabetes and ICLDC goals to help the prevalence by inverted consciousness.
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) is that up to 58 percent of type 2 diabetes is preventable by adopting a healthy diet and increasing physical activity indicated.