Health Awareness Program “Truth about Cholesterol”
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The Health & Safety committee of IbriCT organized a health awareness program on “Truth about cholesterol”, on April 20, 2017 in the Lecture Theater. Mr. Naji Al -Shmmakhi, from the Ibri Hospital, Ministry of Health was the resource person. The program started at 10.00 a.m. with a welcome address by Dr.K. Elangovan, Coordinator, H&S committee of IbriCT. The objective of the program was to create an awareness about cholesterol level and its effects on health.
Mr. Naji Al –Shmmakhi spoke about the role of cholesterol on health care in the following areas:
- Understanding Good (HDL) and Bad (LDL) Cholesterol
- Cholesterol Numbers and its meaning
- Factors influencing Cholesterol Levels (Diet, Weight, Physical activity, Age and Heredity)
- Treating High Cholesterol (Changing life style and Taking medicine as directed by the doctor)
- Food style (More fiber food, Less animal fat, More fish)
- Changing Life style to combat high cholesterol (Physical activity 30 minutes a day, maintaining healthy weight, No smoking,)
The program was well received by the staff, who actively interacted with the presenter.
The health awareness program concluded at 11.15 a.m.
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