Browsing by Author "Mikki, Nahed"

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    • Contrasting cardiovascular mortality trends in Eastern Mediterranean populations: Contributions from risk factor changes and treatments 

      Critchley, Julia; Capewell, Simon; O'Flaherty, Martin; Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen; Rastam, Samer; ... more authors ( Elsevier Ireland Ltd , 2016 , Article)
      Background Middle income countries are facing an epidemic of non-communicable diseases, especially coronary heart disease (CHD). We used a validated CHD mortality model (IMPACT) to explain recent trends in Tunisia, Syria, ...

    • Dietary habits of Palestinian adolescents and associated sociodemographic characteristics in Ramallah, Nablus and Hebron governorates 

      Mikki, Nahed; Abdul-Rahim, Hanan; Shi, Zumin; Holmboe-Ottesen, Gerd ( The Nutrition Society , 2010 , Article)
      Objective: To describe food habits and associated sociodemographic factors. Design: Cross-sectional survey in 2005. Setting: Ninety-six school classes in Ramallah, Nablus and Hebron governorates, Occupied Palestinian ...

    • Dietary habits of Palestinian adolescents in three major governorates in the West Bank: a cross-sectional survey 

      Mikki, Nahed; Abdul-Rahim, Hanan; Shi, Zumin; Gerd, Holmboe-Ottesen (2010 , Article)
      The Palestinian society is undergoing changes in their dietary habits and in the prevalence of obesity and overweight. Palestinian adolescents (aged 10–19 years) make up 24% of the population. Their dietary habits are ...

    • Prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of stunting, underweight, and overweight among Palestinian school adolescents (13-15 years) in two major governorates in the West Bank 

      Mikki, Nahed; Abdul-Rahim, Hanan F; Awartani, Faisal; Holmboe-Ottesen, Gerd ( BioMed Central Ltd. , 2009 , Article)
      There is little information about height and weight status of Palestinian adolescents. The objective of this paper was to assess the prevalence of stunting, underweight, and overweight/obesity among Palestinian school ...