Emirates Information Company – Document 2.2 million individuals participate within the sixth version of Dubai Health Problem

DUBAI, third December, 2022(WAM) — The sixth annual Dubai Health Problem (DFC) has concluded after an action-packed, month-long celebration of health and wellness. The Problem, an initiative of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Government Council, aimed toward making Dubai a happier and more healthy metropolis, noticed 2,212,246 individuals committing to half-hour of train, day-after-day, for 30 days.

Held from twenty ninth October to twenty seventh November 2022, the annual health motion featured an in depth vary of free health occasions and actions throughout town. The Problem supplied an exhilarating month of enjoyable and inclusive health actions throughout two health villages, DP World Kite Seashore Health Village, and RTA Final Exit Al Khawaneej Health Village, in addition to 19 neighborhood health hubs, a bunch of sporting occasions and hundreds of free courses throughout town.

As well as, individuals had an opportunity to participate in two mega health occasions on Sheikh Zayed Highway – Dubai Experience Introduced by DP World, and Dubai Run Introduced by Mai Dubai – along with the inaugural Expo Metropolis Dubai Sports activities and Health Weekend, providing over 45 companion sporting occasions and greater than 13,000 free health courses. The Health Villages and Health Hubs alone have been attended by greater than 263,000 individuals who had the chance to interact in numerous actions starting from Padel tennis and soccer coaching to rowing and spinning, aside from a number of enjoyable high-energy group exercises, appropriate for all health ranges.

H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed mentioned, “With the conclusion of the Dubai Health Problem, I want to replicate on the superb accomplishments of the two,212,246 individuals who made a dedication to their well being and wellbeing by collaborating within the inspirational health motion.

The individuals have set an instance for committing to enhance their well being and wellbeing and contributed to reworking the health mindset of your entire neighborhood. I wish to thank each particular person, authorities company, enterprise and organisation who contributed to or took half on this initiative. Collectively, we’re effectively on the best way to changing into the fittest metropolis on this planet. Whereas the problem is over for one more 12 months, I encourage all of you to remain lively and proceed your health journey by embracing all the pieces our nice metropolis has to supply.”

Ahmed Al Khaja, CEO of Dubai Festivals & Retail Institution, mentioned, “Since its inception six years in the past, DFC has impressed quite a few success tales of health and wellness journeys, from these simply getting began, to health fans who’ve achieved new milestones. DFC will proceed to be a supply of inspiration and encouragement for the residents, residents and guests of Dubai, encouraging them to decide to a more healthy and extra lively way of life. To see a report 2.2 million individuals this 12 months is really inspiring – together with nearly 35,000 cyclists for Dubai Experience and over 193,000 runners for Dubai Run on Sheikh Zayed Highway. As we glance again over the past 30 days, it’s really exceptional to see our metropolis’s dedication to prioritising well being and wellbeing. I want to thank everybody who made this occur for the sixth version of Dubai Health Problem. It’s a very particular initiative and one I’m immensely proud to be a part of.”

Saeed Hareb, Basic Secretary of Dubai Sports activities Council mentioned, “With 2.2 million individuals collaborating on this 12 months’s Dubai Health Problem, we have now as soon as once more demonstrated our fixed dedication to sustaining our bodily and psychological well being as one neighborhood working collectively in the direction of one purpose – a fitter and more healthy future for all. DFC was designed to present everybody the chance to benefit from the unimaginable vary of health services town has to supply, whereas difficult each other to achieve new targets and embrace a extra lively way of life. The small adjustments made, and wholesome habits began, throughout DFC don’t want to finish when the problem does. I encourage everybody to proceed prioritising their bodily and psychological wellbeing all through the entire 12 months. The sixth version of Dubai Health Problem has been one other resounding success and I want to thank everybody concerned for this unimaginable achievement.”

With the intention to assist everybody keep motivated throughout the 30 days of the problem, DFC 2022 partnered with a bunch of world-leading well being and health apps to advertise optimistic behavioural change amongst individuals via enjoyable private and non-private challenges. This 12 months’s app companions included Fitbit, Fitze, STEPPI, Rely’d, Core Course, Les Mills, McGregor FAST, Runkeeper, Technogym, ENHAPP, and Hygear.

Since its inception, Dubai Health Problem has seen a gradual improve in curiosity and engagement with the variety of registered individuals rising over 180 % from 786,000 within the inaugural occasion in 2017 to 2.2 million within the 2022 version. Contributors in Dubai Run elevated 176 % from 70,000 runners within the inaugural version in 2019 to 193,000 in 2022. Cyclists collaborating in Dubai Experience elevated 75 % from 20,000 in 2020 to 34,897 in 2022.

The annual occasion makes Dubai the one metropolis on this planet that gives its residents and guests a whole month of free and inclusive health courses, actions and occasions, that are simply accessible throughout the emirate. Well being and health consciousness During the last 5 years, the Dubai Health Problem has had a big affect on elevating public consciousness concerning the function of bodily exercise in enhancing well being and lowering way of life ailments.

Dr. Ramadan Al Blooshi, Appearing Director of the Public Well being Safety Division on the Dubai Well being Authority (DHA), mentioned, “At a neighborhood degree, Dubai Health Problem has helped considerably increase public well being consciousness and instill a greater health mindset in the neighborhood. The occasion has inspired individuals to undertake easy however efficient way of life habits. Such public health-driven consciousness actions play an important function in altering the main focus of neighborhood members from post-diagnosis care to prevention of way of life ailments. This not solely improves the approach to life of the neighborhood but in addition immediately helps mitigate the affect of way of life ailments on the well being system.”

12 months after 12 months, the city-wide annual health initiative has delivered its goal of positively impacting social wellbeing via a broad spectrum of wellness, sporting and health actions.

In accordance with a post-DFC survey carried out following the 2021 version, individuals reported immense psychological advantages together with optimistic vanity (28 %) and reinforcement of psychological wellbeing (25 %). The DFC survey confirmed that 52 % of total individuals logged between 30-60 minutes of exercise a day, whereas 24 % pushed themselves additional and clocked in additional than 60 minutes a day. Total, 88 % of all DFC 2021 individuals reported reaching their 30×30 targets. Group health infrastructure In parallel to the expansion of the Dubai Health Problem, the emirate has additionally expanded its neighborhood sporting infrastructure and free health and way of life services throughout town.

The Roads and Transport Authority introduced earlier this month that it’s going to improve the community of its biking tracks from the 542 km achieved within the first quarter of 2022 to 819 km by the top of 2026, as a part of the Dubai 2040 City Grasp Plan. The general public even have entry to working and biking tracks and train tools in each parks and seashores. Dubai Municipality has developed working tracks in varied parks at the moment extending to a complete of 37.7 km, whereas bicycle tracks in parks lengthen 15.7 km. A complete of 12 km of strolling tracks have additionally been developed by Dubai Municipality in public seashores.

The biking and working tracks have confirmed to be extraordinarily well-liked with about 1.86 million individuals utilizing them up to now in 2022. The rising health consciousness of the Dubai neighborhood can also be mirrored within the emirate’s rising commerce in sports activities merchandise. The worth of Dubai’s overseas commerce in sports activities tools in 2021 reached AED1.22 billion, whereas within the first ten months of 2022 (January to October), overseas commerce in sports activities tools reached AED1.1 billion.

Health companions Designed to get individuals shifting and benefit from the nice open air, and assist Dubai grow to be one of many world’s most lively cities, a number of the many different highlights of the 2022 Dubai Health Problem included greater than 285 health companions, and key international sports activities manufacturers together with adidas, Nike, Asics, Underneath Armour, Puma, Reebok and PepsiCo, accommodations and malls exhibiting their help with bespoke occasions and unique promotions; free check-ups from well being and wellness suppliers, and 82 colleges throughout town getting concerned with 30×30 periods built-in into the curriculum together with visits to the Health Villages.

The entities serving to DFC strengthen the spirit of the neighborhood this 12 months embrace organisers Dubai’s Division for Economic system Tourism (DET) and Dubai Sports activities Council; Presenting Companions DP World, Mai Dubai, and Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA); Affiliation Companions Solar and Sand Sports activities, AVIV Clinics, Emirates Airline, Emirates NBD, Etisalat by E&, Fitbit, Shamal – Kite Seashore and Final Exit; Official Companions Aster Hospitals, Clinics and Pharmacy, Arabian Cars Co, Dubai Chamber, Lipton and Sports activities Society; Media Accomplice Arabian Radio Community (ARN); and Authorities Companions Dubai Company for Ambulance Companies, Occasion Safety Committee, Dubai Well being Authority (DHA), Dubai Data and Human Improvement Authority (KHDA), Dubai Police, and Emirates Faculties Institution. The seventh version of Dubai Health Problem will happen between 28 October and 26 November 2023.