1. Promoting healthy eating pattern in
working days

2. Overview :
- Kuwait health status .
- Small steps counts.
- Work Occupies our days.
- Risk factors & unhealthy eating pattern.
- How to implement healthy behaviors in busy
working life ?.
- Healthy choices for a blooming career ,
wellbeing ,& long healthy life .

3. Kuwait Health Status :

4. Small Steps count :

5. Work Occupies our days.
• Work means to function , to function
you need energy , and energy means
FOOD.
• We spend most of our day time working
, and while working we build ourselves
regarding personality , life style , and
eating habits; Moreover it has a great
influence in how we will be spending
the rest of our day .

6. • -Work environment creates an
atmosphere of continues rush , time
shortage , stress , instability shifting
, over times , banquets , travelling .
• -All of these are factors for
contributes to eating disorders such
binge eating , constipation ,ulcers ,
IBS , sleeping apnea , nutrients
deficiencies or obesity which leads to
diabetes , CVDs ,& much more health
conditions .

7. Risk factors &unhealthy eating
pattern.
• 1-Skipping meals , specially Breakfast .

8. • 2-binge eating ( uncontrolled portion size ).

9. 3-Having junk food ,fast food meals and
take away for lunch , brunch or breakfast
(low nutritive quality).

10. 4-Approximately rare consumption of
vegetables , fruits, whole grain and
nutritious rich food .

11. 5-office work required no physical
activity .

12. 6-Forget drinking water.

13. -How to implement healthy behaviors in busy
working life ?
1- you wake up early everyday ; don’t miss
your break fast.
2- Eat every three hours (small portion to stop
binge eating) .
3-Snack on fruit , vegetables or healthy whole
grain snack bars .
4- Keep a water bottle on your desk or carry it
on your purse , hydrate all the day long .
5- take the stairs instead of the elevator and
try to move as much as you can.
6-Enjoy your meal eat slowly and chew
properly .

14. 7- Plan your meal for lunch ahead bring a home
cooked healthy meal with the consideration to
portion size with fresh salad , this will help you
control your craves and eat less.
8- Create a support team among your colleagues
and implement healthy behaviors and choices
together .
9-Have a light dinner , Green salad , bowel of fruit
salad , Flavored yogurt or an light sandwich . Not
pass 8 pm.
10- Try to be active daily at least for 30 min ,
weather by walking around the block , jumping
with a rope in your house , or following an aerobics
video .
And remember
Small steps count!!

15. -Healthy choices for a blooming career , wellbeing
,& long healthy life .