DUBAI // Dubai Health Authority’s clinical nutrition department has started its nutritional awareness campaign, ‘Angiz Akthar’, or ‘Do More’ in Arabic.
Running until the end of April, DHA nutritionists and physiotherapists will carry out 12 awareness events at various walking and jogging tracks around the emirate with booths offering free health screenings.
“In 2013 we noticed that although some of our patients were regular with exercise they were following incorrect practices such as not consuming water during exercise, consuming unnatural protein sources etc,” said Dr Wafa Ayesh, director of Clinical Nutrition.
“We then realised that it is important to educate people who exercise about correct nutrition especially before and after exercise so that they can see positive results of exercising and be healthy. People need to understand that exercise and healthy eating go hand-in-hand and therefore awareness of both concepts is necessary.”
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Why it pays to compare
A comparison of sending Dh20,000 from the UAE using two different routes at the same time - the first direct from a UAE bank to a bank in Germany, and the second from the same UAE bank via an online platform to Germany - found key differences in cost and speed. The transfers were both initiated on January 30.
Route 1: bank transfer
The UAE bank charged Dh152.25 for the Dh20,000 transfer. On top of that, their exchange rate margin added a difference of around Dh415, compared with the mid-market rate.
Total cost: Dh567.25 - around 2.9 per cent of the total amount
Total received: €4,670.30
Route 2: online platform
The UAE bank’s charge for sending Dh20,000 to a UK dirham-denominated account was Dh2.10. The exchange rate margin cost was Dh60, plus a Dh12 fee.
Total cost: Dh74.10, around 0.4 per cent of the transaction
Total received: €4,756
The UAE bank transfer was far quicker – around two to three working days, while the online platform took around four to five days, but was considerably cheaper. In the online platform transfer, the funds were also exposed to currency risk during the period it took for them to arrive.
