Browsing College of Health Sciences by Subject "Diet"

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    • Associations of lifestyle and dietary habits with hyperlipidemia in Lebanon 

      Samaha, Ali A.; Zouein, Fouad; Gebbawi, Maya; Fawaz, Mirna; Houjayri, Raheel; ... more authors ( OAE Publishing Inc. , 2017 , Article)
      Aim: This study was designed to evaluate the effects of dietary and lifestyle habits on several blood lipid parameters in the Lebanese population. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study for 2,000 individuals, of whom ...

    • Enhancing nutrition knowledge and dietary diversity among rural pregnant women in Malawi: a randomized controlled trial. 

      Katenga-Kaunda, Lillian Ziyenda; Kamudoni, Penjani Rhoda; Holmboe-Ottesen, Gerd; Fjeld, Heidi E; Mdala, Ibrahimu; ... more authors ( BMC , 2021 , Article)
      In many sub-Saharan African countries, such as Malawi, antenatal care (ANC) services do not deliver sufficient nutrition awareness to improve adequate dietary intake in pregnancy. We therefore compared the effects of ...

    • Impact of price reductions, subsidies, or financial incentives on healthy food purchases and consumption: a systematic review and meta-analysis 

      Peijue, Huangfu; Pearson, Fiona; Abu-Hijleh, Farah Marwan; Wahlich, Charlotte; Willis, Kathryn; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)
      Poor diets are a global concern and are linked with various adverse health outcomes. Healthier foods such as fruit and vegetables are often more expensive than unhealthy options. This study aimed to assess the effect of ...

    • Importance of Nutrition Intervention in Autistic Patients 

      ElObeid, Tahra; Shi, Zumin; Moawad, Joyce ( Springer, Cham , 2020 , Book chapter)
      Along with the issues of inflated social and financial burden associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), specific treatment for this disorder has also not been developed. Having a thorough look at previous trials done ...

    • Incident type 2 diabetes attributable to suboptimal diet in 184 countries 

      O’Hearn, Meghan; Lara-Castor, Laura; Cudhea, Frederick; Miller, Victoria; Reedy, Julia; ... more authors ( Springer Nature , 2023 , Article)
      The global burden of diet-attributable type 2 diabetes (T2D) is not well established. This risk assessment model estimated T2D incidence among adults attributable to direct and body weight-mediated effects of 11 dietary ...

    • Meals served to hypertensive and cardiac inpatients in Jordan: comparison with WHO and NIH dietary guidelines 

      Bawadi, H.A.; Banks, A.D.; Tayyem, R.F.; ElKhoury, C. ( World Health Organization , 2016 , Article)
      This study aimed to evaluate the compliance of daily meals served to hypertensive and cardiac inpatients in Jordan according to WHO guidelines and the Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC) and Dietary Approach to Stop ...

    • Role of nutrition in oral and pharyngeal cancers: From etiology to prevention 

      Bawadi, Hiba; Faris, Mo'ez Al Islam ( Springer, Cham , 2017 , Book chapter)
      Oral and pharyngeal cancers (OPC) are highly prevalent tumors and rank as the sixth most common neoplasms. Some dietary factors have been linked to increased risk of OPC such as consumption of red meats and saturated fats, ...

    • Short-term improvements in diet quality in people newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes are associated with smoking status, physical activity and body mass index: the 3D case series study. 

      Burch, Emily; Williams, Lauren T; Thalib, Lukman; Ball, Lauren ( Springer Nature , 2020 , Article)
      Dietary intake impacts glycaemic control through its effect on weight and glucose-insulin homeostasis. Early glycaemic control is associated with improved outcomes and reduced mortality for people with type 2 diabetes ...

    • Sugar-sweetened beverage intakes among adults between 1990 and 2018 in 185 countries 

      Lara-Castor, Laura; Micha, Renata; Cudhea, Frederick; Miller, Victoria; Shi, Peilin; ... more authors (2023 , Article)
      Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are associated with cardiometabolic diseases and social inequities. For most nations, recent estimates and trends of intake are not available; nor variation by education or urbanicity. We ...

    • Unique associations of the Job Demand-Control-Support model subscales with leisure-time physical activity and dietary energy intake 

      Bean, Christopher G; Winefield, Helen R; Hutchinson, Amanda D; Sargent, Chali; Shi, Zumin ( National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health , 2018 , Article)
      Leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) and dietary energy intake are two important health behaviours, which at too low or high levels respectively, are associated with overweight and obesity. This study explores associations ...