Le Royal Meridien Beach Resort and Spa has introduced a nutritional guidance programme for its staff. All 850 staff members attended a weight management and dieting seminar conducted by the Dubai-based Prime Medical Centre in association with Abbot Laboratories.
According to Nisreen Abu Ghoush, a medical nutrition representative from Abbot Laboratories, most diets only offer a temporary solution.
She said: “Diets that don’t work include: fasting, which deprives the body of energy and nutrients; ‘magical’ food diets, like the grapefruit or cabbage soup diet; and high protein diets such as Atkins, that strain the liver and the kidney and can do long-term damage.
