GULF HEALTH: A MODERN HISTORY Half a century of economic growth and modernisation has transformed the Gulf Cooperation Council region, lengthening life expectancy and eradicating many diseases But as with other developed economies, it has gone hand in hand with an increase in ‘rich world diseases’ such as diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease as lifestyles become more sedentary and dietary quality deteriorates 1950 TYPICAL DIET predominantly dates, milk, fresh vegetables and fruit, whole wheat bread and fish 2014 Size of GCC fast food market in 2012 RAPID URBANISATION 1950 - 18% 2014 - 91% $9.5 BILLION USD LIFE EXPECTANCY INCREASED from 42 in 1950 to 76 in 2014 REDUCED INFANT MORTALITY 1950 - 19.8% 2014 - 0.9% CALORIE INTAKE nearly doubles between 1960 and 2011 1950 CALORIE INTAKE IN SAUDI ARABIA 1960 1970 OBESITY RATES IN 2000 WOMEN MEN 1980 1990 2000 2010 2014 PER CAPITA SPEND ON DIABETES IN 2013 SHARP INCREASE IN TWO MOST COMMON CANCERS UAE $2,228 USD 20% increase in breast cancer between 1998 and 2007 Qatar $2,199 USD 42% Bahrain $905 USD 26% 2.3 fold increase in colorectal cancer in men, 2.7 fold increase in women between 1998 and 2007 DIABETES RATES NEARLY TIMES THE GLOBAL AVERAGE GCC GLOBAL GCC 10% 14% GLOBAL 3122 calories 2011 WHO recommendation for sedentary lifestyle 2885 calories 1980 2100 calories recommended 1717 calories 1961 Kuwait $1,886 USD MEN WOMEN SOURCES: All statistics from a combination of World Health Organisation (WHO), UN/ country statistics, Bahrain medical bulletin and US National Library for Medicine, Executive Board of Health Ministers’ Council of GCC States, International Journal of Health Policy Management, Gulf Center for Cancer Control and Prevention and Al Masah Capital Research April 2014 GLOBAL GCC