Obesity exacts heavy price in Saudi Arabia

Almost one in five Saudis suffer from obesity, costing the country more than three billion dollars a year, a top medical official said in remarks published. Walid Bukhari, chief surgeon at King Fahd Hospital in Jeddah, said more than three million Saudis were classified as obese, out of the Gulf state's local population of about 16 million. hose with the condition, caused by poor diet or lack of exercise, spend more than three billion dollars a year in consultation fees, medicine and medical procedures, he told Al-Watan newspaper. ... Continue Reading