Energy Kitchen to Spur Healthy-Eating Culture Among Bruneians

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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: To educate Bruneians on healthy-eating, a full-fledged restaurant, the Energy Kitchen has been opened at the ground floor of Fitness Zone in Kiulap. The restaurant was officially opened yesterday by the Minister of Health, Yang Berhormat Pehin Orang Kaya Johan Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Awg Hj Adanan Begawan Pehin Siraja Khatib Dato Seri Setia Awg Hj Md Yusof, ©BRUDIRECT.COM reported.

In an interview, the Minister said that healthy restaurant is one of the Ministry of Health’s initiatives to create healthy environment by providing a vast choice of healthy food to the community. He hoped the Energy Kitchen can foster healthy-eating habits among the community in Brunei, where obesity and diabetes are serious public health concerns.

The founder of restaurant, Wu Chun said the restaurant use only fresh ingredients, particularly local foods with extremely high nutritional content and utilise lighter cooking methods such as grilling, steaming, baking and poaching.

Also presents at the opening of restaurant, senior officers of the Ministry of Health and the Health Promotion Centre as well as children from Children’s Cancer Foundation (YASKA).