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Monday, May 18, 2020 Ramadan 25, 1441 AH Doha today 260 - 370 COVER STORY The new normal Coronavirus changed the media landscape overnight. P4-5 BOLLYWOOD BACK PAGE Asha Bhosle makes digital debut ‘Say three things you love with YouTube channel. about yourself aloud everyday.’ Page 14 Page 16 2 GULF TIMES Monday, May 18, 2020 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT SERIES TO BINGE WATCH ON AMAZON PRIME PRAYER TIME Fajr 3.21am Shorooq (sunrise) 4.49am Zuhr (noon) 11.32am Asr (afternoon) 2.58pm Maghreb (sunset) 6.15pm Isha (night) 7.45pm Mirzapur who will stop at nothing to inherit his father’s legacy. An USEFUL NUMBERS DIRECTION: Karan Anshuman, Puneet Krishna incident at a wedding procession forces him to cross paths CAST: Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal, Vikrant Massey with Ramakant Pandit, an upstanding lawyer, and his sons, SYNOPSIS: The iron-fisted Akhandanand Tripathi is a Guddu and Bablu. It snowballs into a game of ambition, millionaire carpet exporter and the mafia don of Mirzapur. power and greed that threatens the fabric of this lawless His son, Munna, is an unworthy, power-hungry heir city! Emergency 999 Worldwide Emergency Number 112 Kahramaa – Electricity and Water 991 Local Directory 180 International Calls Enquires 150 Hamad International Airport 40106666 Labor Department 44508111, 44406537 Mowasalat Taxi 44588888 Qatar Airways 44496000 Hamad Medical Corporation 44392222, 44393333 Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation 44845555, 44845464 Primary Health Care Corporation 44593333 44593363 Qatar Assistive Technology Centre 44594050 Qatar News Agency 44450205 44450333 Q-Post – General Postal Corporation 44464444 Laakhon Mein Ek conduct a cataract camp but challenges begin unfolding DIRECTION: Biswa Kalyan Rath one after the other. Humanitarian Services Office CAST: Biswa Kalyan Rath, Akshaya Bhingare, Abhishek She keeps fighting the system but the question remains (Single window facility for the repatriation of bodies) Chaudhary whether she will change the system or the system will Ministry of Interior 40253371, 40253372, SYNOPSIS: Dr Shreya is posted in Sitlapur village to change her? 40253369 Ministry of Health 40253370, 40253364 Hamad Medical Corporation 40253368, 40253365 Qatar Airways 40253374 ote Unquo Qu te “The whole is more than the sum of its parts.” — Aristotle Community Editor Kamran Rehmat Made In Heaven the lives of Tara and Karan, two many secrets and many lies. The e-mail: [email protected] DIRECTION: Zoya Akhtar, Reema wedding planners based in Delhi. supposedly liberal fabric of the upper Telephone: 44466405 Kagti India is a potent blend of old and crust unravels as the duo navigate Fax: 44350474 CAST: Arjun Mathur, Sobhita new. Tradition jostles with modern through arranged marriages, dowry Dhulipala, Jim Sarbh aspirations against the backdrop of transactions and other last minute Made In Heaven chronicles a Big Fat Indian Wedding revealing family turmoils. Monday, May 18, 2020 GULF TIMES 3 BODY & MIND COMMUNITY Combating weight gain in teens going out to the park with their friends, so there’s definitely less opportunity for them to be active.” How much time kids are spending in front of screens is also concerning, said Peter Bidey, Director of family medicine at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Because quarantine can be such a stressful time, he said families may be eating more ‘comfort foods,’ which tend to be high in calories and have less nutritional value than fresh foods. But there are ways parents can keep their kids healthy during the quarantine, Bidey said. He recommended following a regular meal schedule and shopping for as many fruits and vegetables as possible. “You also don’t want to eat with the TV on,” he said. “That extends eating time and increases what you’re consuming as a whole.” Luciani said that parents should make sure there are healthy snacks in the house and set times for breaks throughout the day for kids. “If you wait too long to eat, you’re more likely to choose foods that you’re craving instead of foods your body actually needs,” she said. When it comes to exercise, be flexible and creative, experts said. Bidey said that anything “that gets your heart rate up” is effective CHILDHOOD OBESITY: Childhood obesity is defined as a body mass index (BMI) at or above the 95th percentile for youngsters of the same age and gender – exercise, like dancing to music, which means their BMI is higher than that of 95% of their peers. jumping rope, or even playing exercise-centric video games. The key, he said, is to get kids excited By Bethany Ao about participating. “Families should make physical activity intentional,” Luciani said. he closing of schools, “They should implement it as a daily playgrounds, sports fields part of their routine, like taking a and summer camps due to 20-minute walk at lunchtime, going Covid-19 have paediatric for a bike ride, or trying fitness apps nutritionists and dietitians and workouts on YouTube if it’s Tconcerned that changes in eating raining out. Even TikTok is a great habits and an overall decrease in way for people to get up and dance.” physical activity could lead to a But it’s important not to set future spike in childhood obesity, unrealistic expectations for kids which has steadily increased over the who aren’t used to being active, said last four decades according to data Himelstein. “Don’t make it a chore, from the Centres of Disease Control because that will set them up for and Prevention (CDC). failure.” “With quarantine, it’s basically The American Academy of like an extended summer,” said Pediatrics recommends an hour Rima Himelstein, a paediatrician of exercise a day for teenagers, she specialising in adolescent health at noted, “but you can start with 10 Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital minutes a day and then reward them for Children in Wilmington. “Kids for the progress they’ve made.” don’t have the chance to work out Himelstein also said that it’s and participate in physical activities important to make the focus of like they normally would have over exercising or eating healthy about the summer.” “feeling good, not looking good.” The sedentary nature of online She pointed out that praising schooling is also worrisome, children for losing weight could Himelstein said. Kids don’t walk lead to a “slippery slope.” Instead, from room to room between classes exercises should be fun and filled or have scheduled outside time and ADVICE: Families should make physical activity intentional. They should implement it as a daily part of their routine, with variety “to stimulate different gym class. Plus, many parents are like taking a 20-minute walk at lunchtime, going for a bike ride, or trying fitness apps and workouts on YouTube if it’s parts of the brain by moving in overstocking their pantries with raining out. Even TikTok is a great way for people to get up and dance. different ways.” more processed foods that have “Be creative,” Himelstein said. longer shelf lives to minimise the defined as a body mass index (BMI) placing him in the 95th percentile, dietitian in Philadelphia. Researchers “Use the stairs in your home. Use number of grocery store trips, which at or above the 95th percentile for according to the CDC. believe this is largely because the cans of vegetables as weights. Have can lead to overeating foods that youngsters of the same age and Research shows that kids, food that kids eat at home may be them record exercises in a journal, often have high added sugar and gender – which means their BMI especially those who are in minority less nutritious than the food offered so they can see all they’re doing sodium levels. is higher than that of 95% of their groups or already overweight, gain at school. now compared to what they weren’t More than a third of youth under peers. For example, a 10-year-old boy weight at a faster rate during summer Plus, kids don’t have regimented doing before. It’s about reinforcing age 19 are classified as overweight who is 56 inches tall and weighs 100 vacations compared to the school physical activities anymore, Luciani positive behaviour.” or obese. Childhood obesity is pounds would have a BMI of 22.4, year, said Angela Luciani, a registered said. “They’re stuck inside and not – The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS 4 GULF TIMES Monday, May 18, 2020 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Media on the run but in the frame The media landscape has changed overnight. National anchors are broadcasting from spare sets while local TV news journalists shout their reports from behind face masks and conduct on-the-street interviews via mics mounted on an extension pole I’m used to being in a television studio, or out standing before a couple thousand people talking, and here I am in my basement. I’m trying to learn too — Joe Biden, likely Democratic presidential ‘ candidate compromised pitch for the White By Lorraine Ali House marked what may turn out to be the first totally digital general election run for the White House. It Am I on?” asked Joe Biden, was quite a feat — and debacle — for searching for a cue from the analogue-era Biden. someone off-camera during “Good evening, Tampa! Thanks his first official campaign so much for tuning in,” he said. rally as the presumptive “I wish we could have done this “Democratic nominee for president. together, and it had gone a little Equipped with sunglasses, a smile more smoothly.” and decades’ worth of experience No-one ever said running for pressing the flesh, kissing babies office during a pandemic — or doing and glad-handing potential voters anything else for that matter — on the campaign trail, he addressed would be easy.