Browsing by Author "Hwalla, Nahla"

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    • Food sources of fiber and micronutrients of concern among infants and young children in Lebanon: a national cross-sectional study. 

      Chokor, Fatima Al Zahraa; Hwalla, Nahla; Naja, Farah; Nasreddine, Lara ( BMC , 2024 , Article)
      Intakes of fiber, iron, zinc, calcium, vitamin D, vitamin A, and folate were shown to be low in a substantial proportion of infants and children in Lebanon. The study aims to identify the top food sources of fiber, iron, ...

    • Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants 

      Andrea, Rodriguez-Martinez; Zhou, Bin; Sophiea, Marisa K; Bentham, James; Paciorek, Christopher J; ... more authors (2020 , Article)
      Background Comparable global data on health and nutrition of school-aged children and adolescents are scarce. We aimed to estimate age trajectories and time trends in mean height and mean body-mass index (BMI), which ...

    • Non-communicable diseases in the Arab world 

      Abdul Rahim, Hanan F.; Sibai, Abla; Khader, Yousef; Hwalla, Nahla; Fadhil, Ibtihal; ... more authors ( Elsevier Ltd. , 2014 , Article Review)
      According to the results of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010, the burden of non-communicable diseases (cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic lung diseases, and diabetes) in the Arab world has increased, with ...

    • Study protocol: Mother and Infant Nutritional Assessment (MINA) cohort study in Qatar and Lebanon 

      Naja, Farah; Nasreddine, Lara; Al Thani, Al Anoud; Yunis, Khaled; Clinton, Michael; ... more authors ( BioMed Central , 2016 , Article)
      Background The Middle East and North Africa region harbors significant proportions of stunting and wasting coupled with surging rates of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Recent evidence identified nutrition during the ...

    • Total Usual Nutrient Intakes and Nutritional Status of United Arab Emirates Children (4 Years–12.9 Years): Findings from the Kids Nutrition and Health Survey (KNHS) 2021 

      Hwalla, Nahla; Chehade, Lara; O’Neill, Lynda M.; Kharroubi, Samer; Kassis, Amira; ... more authors ( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2023 , Article)
      This study aims at investigating the anthropometric status and food consumption patterns of children in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and assessing their adherence to nutrient and dietary recommendations. It is a ...

    • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants 

      Bin, Zhou; Bentham, James; Di Cesare, Mariachiara; Bixby, Honor; Danaei, Goodarz; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2017 , Article)
      BackgroundRaised blood pressure is an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and chronic kidney disease. We estimated worldwide trends in mean systolic and mean diastolic blood pressure, and the prevalence of, ...

    • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants 

      Bin, Zhou; Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M; Danaei, Goodarz; Riley, Leanne M; Paciorek, Christopher J; ... more authors (2021 , Article)
      Background Hypertension can be detected at the primary health-care level and low-cost treatments can effectively control hypertension. We aimed to measure the prevalence of hypertension and progress in its detection, ...