
Repton Abu Dhabi focused on improving childhood nutrition
Childhood nutrition in the UAE needs to be urgently addressed. A 2014-2015 UAE study found that 40 per cent of children aged between three to 18 were overweight, and the recent 2023 report Nutrition Situation Analysis in the UAE shows that the nation continues to have significant issues with children being underweight, obese, micronutrient deficient, and suffering from nutrition-related chronic diseases. These problems are mainly due to poor diets that include too many ultra-processed