Browsing Faculty Contributions by Subject "nutrition"

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    • An Evaluation of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Perceived Social Distancing Policies in Relation to Planning, Selecting, and Preparing Healthy Meals: An Observational Study in 38 Countries Worldwide 

      Backer, C.D.; Teunissen, L.; Cuykx, I.; Decorte, P.; Pabian, S.; ... more authors ( Frontiers Media S.A. , 2021 , Article)
      Objectives: To examine changes in planning, selecting, and preparing healthy foods in relation to personal factors (time, money, stress) and social distancing policies during the COVID-19 crisis. Methods: Using cross-sectional ...

    • Chinese Famine and the diabetes mellitus epidemic. 

      Zimmet, Paul; Shi, Zumin; El-Osta, Assam; Ji, Linong ( Nature Research , 2019 , Article)
      We thank Li et al. (The effect of the Chinese Famine on type 2 diabetes mellitus epidemics. Nat. Rev. Endocrinol. 15, 313–314 (2019))1 for their interest in our paper and agree that some studies on the association between ...

    • Dietary Intake Is Not Associated with Body Composition nor with Biochemical Tests but with Psychological Status of Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy 

      Subih, Hadil S.; Al-Shwaiyat, Esraa A.; Al-Bayyari, Nahla; Obeidat, Belal S.; Abu-Farsakh, Fadi; ... more authors ( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2023 , Article)
      Chemotherapy can negatively affect cancer patients’ eating patterns, psychological status, body composition, and quality of life. In this study, we aimed to investigate the correlations between dietary intake/care and the ...

    • Effect of availability and COVID-19 vaccination on food shopping and consumption behaviors among Jordan universities students 

      Taybeh, Asma' O.; Osaili, Tareq M.; Al-Nabulsi, Anas A.; Ben Hassen, Tarek; Faour-Klingbeil, Dima; ... more authors ( Frontiers Media , 2022 , Article)
      The COVID-19 pandemic influenced the lives of university students all across the globe. Indeed, the pandemic has impacted many aspects of their daily routine, changing their social and health habits and food-related ...

    • The impact of health status, diet and lifestyle on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Narrative review 

      Alalwani, Joud; Eljazzar, sereen; Basil, Maya; Tayyem, Reema ( Wiley , 2022 , Article Review)
      Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is defined as the abnormal accumulation of triglycerides in the liver. NAFLD has a global prevalence of almost 30%, while incidence is rising with increasing levels of obesity, ...

    • Nutrition Literacy of Middle School Students and Its Influencing Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study in Chongqing, China 

      Zeng, Mao; Zhu, Yuzhao; Cai, Zhengjie; Xian, Jinli; Li, Shengping; ... more authors ( Frontiers Media , 2022 , Article)
      Nutrition literacy plays an important role in children's dietary habits and nutrition. This study aimed to analyse the status of nutrition literacy and its influencing factors amongst middle school students in Chongqing, ...

    • A review on microbiota: relation with diseases and nutrients role 

      Oz, Emel; Şimşek, Ayşegül; Şimşek, Melih; Tuncer, Nihal; Bayrak, Muharrem; ... more authors ( IFST , 2023 , Other)
      Microbiota plays an essential role in human development and body homeostasis. Individual and environmental variables influence the diversity of microbiota, which performs crucial biochemical activities in the human body ...

    • Vitamin D for the Immune System in Cystic Fibrosis (DISC): A double-blind, multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial 

      Tangpricha V.; Lukemire J.; Chen Y.; Binongo J.N.G.; Judd S.E.; ... more authors ( Oxford University Press , 2019 , Article)
      Background Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) have increased risk of vitamin D deficiency owing to fat malabsorption and other factors. Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with increased risk of pulmonary exacerbations ...

    • WORKSITE HEALTH PROMOTION SCORE: TO ASSESS A HEALTH PROMOTIONAL WORKER SETTING 

      Gamage, Anuji; Seneviratne, Rohini; Hanna, Fahad ( Wolters Kluwer Health , 2016 , Conference Paper)
      Objective: Workplace play a central role in the lives of employees and their potential as health-promotional-setting is enormous as it could aim at keeping employees healthy which is considered a key long-term human asset ...