Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, hosted a health and wellness fair for more than 1,000 employees and their families in celebration of World Health Day 2015.

The event, which took place at Etihad Airways’ headquarters in Abu Dhabi, was held to raise health awareness and provide education and screening. It included fun-filled activities such as live cooking demonstrations, nutrition and healthy eating advice, full medical and dental checkups, safety demonstrations, screening services, and weight, skin and hair analysis.

Other highlights included an outdoor children’s cinema, face painting and fitness competitions. More than 1,000 free giveaways and raffle prizes were also distributed during the day.

Nadia Bastaki, VP medical services at Etihad Airways, said: “The Etihad Airways Medical Centre is committed to delivering convenient, easily accessible and free-of-charge services to improve our people’s health and wellbeing. We also have a dedicated wellness team that organizes campaigns throughout the year to ensure that important health topics are covered, proper advice is given and relevant screening can be conducted.

Etihad Airways’ wellness team organized the fair with support from 21 partner organizations, with attendees being provided with the mobile medical clinic by Ambulatory Health Services — SEHA, the mobile dental clinic by Abu Dhabi Police, weight screening services by Daman, eye tests by the New Medical Centre, and one to one consultations by Health Point.

Bite Rite offered the live cooking demonstrations, Kcal consulted on healthy eating, and Al Borg Lab took more than 500 blood tests onsite. Other partner organizations included Abu Dhabi Traffic Police, Lotus Medical Centre Holistic Approach, Pharmalink, Abbot, Nestle, Organic Pharmacy, Sebamed and L’Oreal.

Abdulaziz Al-Ali, HR business partner at Etihad Airways, said: “Learning about health and wellness is very important and by attending this fair, we have not only been educated, but entertained at the same time.”