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29 March 2024

2 in 3 Dubai residents in lose weight, win gold move are Indians

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By Sneha May Francis

Dubai Municipality’s weight-loss campaign ‘Your Child in Gold’ has seen over 6,000 online registrations, and an equally impressive start at its onsite registration.

The statistics released by the civic body reveal that 9,219 residents signed up for the campaign on the first day of its launch.

Of these, 5,938 were of Indian nationality, while 1,005 were from Philippines. UAE recorded 282 participants. 

The 10-day onsite registration kicked off on Monday at Al Mamzar jogging track, Al Khawaneej jogging track Gate No. 3, Safa Park Gate No. 2, Zabeel Park Gate No. 3 and Al Barsha Park main entrance between 9pm and midnight.

Of the total number registered, 1,391 were families and 7,828 were individual participants.

The campaign, which was titled ‘Lose weight, win gold’ in its first year, is now focused to educate families about the ill-effects of obesity.

Families stand to gain more this time round. “If you register with your children, then each family member will get two grams of gold for every kilo lost. But children have to lose the weight, for the rest of the family to win more gold,” said Hussain Nasser Lootah, Director-General of Dubai Municipality during the launch.

Individual participants stand to gain 1-gram of gold for every kilo lost after a minimum loss of 2-kgs.

Walid Al Shaibani, head of DM club and coordinator of the campaign, confirmed that the onsite registrations will continue over the weekends.

The campaign runs from July 15 to September 1 this year.

Registration Site

#

%

Al Safa Park

1182

13%

Zabeel Park

3180

34%

Al Mamzar beach walk

3281

36%

Al Barsha Park

982

11%

Al Khawaneej walking track

594

6%

 

9219

 

 

 

 

USER TYPE

#

%

Individuals

7828

84.9%

Family members

1391

15.1%

# of Families

384

 
 

9219

 

 

 

 

Gender

#

%

Male

5412

59%

Female

3807

41%

 

9219

 

 

 

 

Top 10 Nationalities

#

%

India

5938

64.42%

Philippines

1005

10.90%

Pakistan

585

6.35%

United Arab Emirates

282

3.06%

Egypt

193

2.09%

China

174

1.89%

United Kingdom

108

1.17%

Syria

103

1.12%

Sri Lanka

77

0.84%

Jordan

51

0.55%

 (Home page image courtesy Shutterstock)