The Department of Nursing at Al-Ghad International College organized a health program at King Abdulaziz Model Private Schools in Tabuk, and the program contained an educational lecture on the dangers of obesity among school students and the means of combating it, within the framework of a “agility” campaign implemented by the School Health Administration in cooperation with a number of schools.
The lecture included a definition of obesity and its causes and the necessity of promoting a healthy lifestyle by improving nutritional behavior by focusing on eating fresh foods rich in beneficial substances and avoiding fast food with high calories, in addition to encouraging students of all age groups to exercise and increase physical activity to avoid obesity, Where obesity is associated with many other diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer and other diseases that may end not only the student’s academic career, but his life by eating it.