Food consumption and its impact on cardiovascular disease: importance of solutions focused on the globalized food system: a report from the workshop convened by …

SS Anand, C Hawkes, RJ De Souza, A Mente… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - jacc.org
Major scholars in the field, on the basis of a 3-day consensus, created an in-depth review of
current knowledge on the role of diet in cardiovascular disease (CVD), the changing global …

Physical inactivity, gender and culture in Arab countries: a systematic assessment of the literature

E Sharara, C Akik, H Ghattas, C Makhlouf Obermeyer - BMC public health, 2018 - Springer
Background Physical inactivity is associated with excess weight and adverse health
outcomes. We synthesize the evidence on physical inactivity and its social determinants in …

Eating habits and lifestyle during COVID-19 lockdown in the United Arab Emirates: a cross-sectional study

L Cheikh Ismail, TM Osaili, MN Mohamad… - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
The coronavirus disease is still spreading in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with
subsequent lockdowns and social distancing measures being enforced by the government …

[HTML][HTML] What is a snack, why do we snack, and how can we choose better snacks? A review of the definitions of snacking, motivations to snack, contributions to …

JM Hess, SS Jonnalagadda, JL Slavin - Advances in Nutrition, 2016 - Elsevier
Around the world, adults consume energy outside of traditional meals such as breakfast,
lunch, and dinner. However, because there is no consistent definition of a “snack,” it is …

Dietary sugar and body weight: have we reached a crisis in the epidemic of obesity and diabetes? Health be damned! Pour on the sugar

GA Bray, BM Popkin - Diabetes care, 2014 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Sugar-sweetened drinks have been associated with several health problems. In the point
narrative as presented below, we provide our opinion and review of the data to date that we …

[图书][B] Improving antenatal iron-containing supplementation indicators: a report on key informant interviews, an online survey and DHS data analyses

World Health Organization… - 2020 - books.google.com
Page 1 IMPROVING ANTENATAL IRON-CONTAINING SUPPLEMENTATION INDICATORS
REPORT OF KEY INFORMANT INTERVIEWS, ONLINE SURVEY, AND DHS DATA …

Food consumption patterns and nutrient intakes of children and adolescents in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: A call for policy action

A Al-Jawaldeh, M Taktouk, L Nasreddine - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) has witnessed significant social and economic
changes that may have influenced the diet of children and adolescents, and increased the …

Prevalence of overweight and obesity in adolescents: a systematic review

MM Bibiloni, A Pons, JA Tur - International Scholarly Research …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. To review the extant literature on the prevalence of overweight and obesity in
adolescents (10–19 years old) of both sexes. Design. The search was carried out using …

Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in the Middle East and North Africa: An overview of systematic reviews and meta-analysis

S Chaabane, K Chaabna, A Abraham, R Mamtani… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
To support the global strategy to reduce risk factors for obesity, we synthesized the evidence
on physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour in the Middle East and North Africa …

Metformin: A review of its therapeutic efficacy and adverse effects

NT Shurrab, ESA Arafa - Obesity medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Managing obesity is a substantial aspect worldwide as well as in diabetic patients. Most oral
antidiabetic medications increase body weight. Metformin, the most recommended first-line …