The Health Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states signed here today the Gulf Convention on the Heart Health. Dr Tawfiq Khoja, the director general of the executive bureau for the council of the GCC health ministers, said "the Convention deals with heart diseases, vessel diseases and strokes." He noted that the heart health requires: avoiding all forms of tobacco, practicing corporal activity for a period of 30 minutes at least five times per week, following healthy nutrition habits, preservation of the normal weight, blood pressure should be less than 140/90, cholesterol should be less than 5 millimeter per liter and avoiding excessive tensions. --MORE
