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Background Evidence based practice revealed that health related behavioral risks and lifestyle factors significantly contributed to certain Non Communicable Diseases NCDs such as diabetes mellitus cardiovascular illnesses and some types of cancer Objectives To study the prevalence and profile of health related behavioral risks factors includes tobacco use physical activity obesity amp overweight as well as healthy food consumption among a representative sample of Dubai population Methodology Dubai HouseholdHealth Survey was carried out in as a cross sectional multistage stratified cluster survey Houses were visited to obtain detailed information on the different health related issues About families were randomly selected by stratified cluster sampling techniques With a response rate of the final sample equals to individuals The design and methodology of the survey were adapted from those used in the World Bank rsquo s Living Standards Measurement Surveys LSMS and the World Health Organization rsquo s World Health Surveys WHS Data collection was made by well trained researchers and well trained nurses The duration of data collection lasted to working days under strict technical and administrative procedure Data was collected electronically using well calipered tablets Data entry coding cleaning weighing and analysis have been carried out using the SPSS program Findings The present study revealed that among the respondents were males and were Emirati The study showed that proportion of current smoker was it was for males and for females The survey findings underlined a suboptimal intake of fruits and vegetables in the Dubai population Overall of the sample reported consuming a fruit ndash times a day At the same context of the survey population took a vegetable to times a day In concern with the physical activities an alarming high prevalence of physical inactivity among the sampled population of Dubai was observed with of them didn rsquo t perform vigorous intensity activities other than those done as part of work considered inactive In addition only of the survey population did moderate intensity activities for at least minutes at a time as part of work ndash days per week and hence considered inactive Conclusions Multiple behavioral risk factors were significantly highlighted among Dubai Population pointing out physical in activity at the population level high consumption of non healthy food and high levels of tobacco use This indicates true epidemiological transition which necessitate aggressive multidimensional interventions and policy actions