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Impact of food safety training on the knowledge, practice, and attitudes of food handlers working in fast-food restaurants
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Emerald Publishing Limited
, 2019 , Article)
Purpose
In many developing countries, the main source of food related illness is the fast foods restaurants. Health inspections of fast-food restaurants may not be sufficient to ensure and enforce the food safety regulations. ...
Dietary patterns and cardiovascular disease risk among Chinese adults: a prospective cohort study
(
Springer Nature
, 2020 , Article)
Background and objective
We aimed to examine the prospective association between dietary patterns and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in Chinese adults.
Methods
Adults aged ≥20 years in the China Health and Nutrition ...
Arsenic, cadmium, and lead contents of rice imported into Qatar-impact on intake
(
Emerald
, 2019 , Article)
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to determine arsenic, cadmium and lead contents of rice imports and to estimate their impact on these heavy metal intakes in Qatar.
Design/methodology/approach
In total, 30 rice ...
Serum vitamin D concentrations are inversely related to prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Qatari women.
(
Wiley
, 2019 , Article)
Hypovitaminosis D has reached epidemic proportions in Qatar. Vitamin D is linked to several cardiometabolic diseases such as metabolic syndrome (MetSyn), diabetes, and atherosclerosis. It is not known if vitamin D status ...
Agreement level of vitamin D intake between food frequency questionnaire and 24-h food recall in young Qatari women
(
Emerald
, 2022 , Article)
Purpose – Prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency among young Qatari women is ∼85%. The purpose
of the study was to develop a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) and to assess the degree of
agreement between food vitamin D ...