| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Like many countries in the Gulf region, Oman has witnessed a sharp rise in lifestyle diseases, especially diabetes, which affected around 14 per cent of the population in 2013 according to projections from the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) with 7,000 new cases registered every year.'Obesity, which is known to contribute to a number of health issues, is also a growing problem.
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