المركز العربي للتغذية

FOOD Dome

The Arab Center for Nutrition created the Food Dome. The Food Dome provides dietary guidelines for Arab people so as to reduce the risk of diet-related diseases, especially those related to non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis, obesity and some types of cancer. The Food Dome is also a useful tool in the prevention of micronutrient deficiencies, especially iron-deficiency anemia. Studies in Arab countries indica...

The Arab Encyclopedia of Food and Nutrition (in Arabic)

Edited by Dr. Abdulrahman Musaiger. 1300 pages, 2009 (Click for details in Arabic)

The Manama Declaration Towards Promoting Food Safety and Hygiene In Arab Countries

Food borne diseases create a great challenge to Arab Countries due to their immense health, social and economic impacts. There is, therefore, an urgent need to promote food control systems in these countries in
order to protect the health and safety of domestic consumers. They are also critical to enabling Arab Countries to assure that safety and quality of their foods entering international trade and to ensure that foods conform to national requirements. The new glo...

Abu-Dhabi Declaration to Promote Healthy Nutrition in the Arab Countries

Diet-related diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, cancer, obesity, osteoporosis and diseases of mouth and teeth. In addition to nutrition deficiencies such as nutritional anemia and micronutrient deficiencies, have become most important health problems in the Arab countries. The current efforts and activities to overcome these problems in these countries are still inadequate, which may be related to several administrative and technical factor...

Mars Fellowship for Young Arab Scientists

MARS is the leading food company involved in encouraging and supporting physical activity and healthy nutrition programmes in the Arab Countries. The company works jointly with the Arab Center for Nutrition on several programmes; the main one is Al-Haraka Barakah programme which was established to promote physical activity among primary school students in the Arabian Gulf Countries.

In order to provide opportunities for young Arab scientists to participate in interna...