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    Call for emergency action to restore dietary diversity and protect global food systems in times of COVID-19 and beyond: Results from a cross-sectional study in 38 countries
    Elsevier BV ; 2023
    In:  Heliyon Vol. 9, No. 11 ( 2023-11), p. e21585-
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    In: Heliyon, Elsevier BV, Vol. 9, No. 11 ( 2023-11), p. e21585-
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2405-8440
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21585
    Language: English
    Publisher: Elsevier BV
    Publication Date: 2023
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    Energy and macronutrient intakes in Jordan: a population study
    Springer Science and Business Media LLC ; 2023
    In:  Scientific Reports Vol. 13, No. 1 ( 2023-08-05)
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    In: Scientific Reports, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 13, No. 1 ( 2023-08-05)
    Abstract: Jordan has never conducted a nutrition survey to determine nutrient and energy intakes. The current study aimed to describe the energy and macronutrient consumed by the Jordanian population. A cross-sectional food consumption study was conducted, including a sample of Jordanians using two non-consecutive 24-h dietary recalls (24-h DR) between October 2021 and March 2022. A total of 2145 males and females aged 8 to 85 years old living in households were studied. The average of two 24-h DRs for each individual was converted into energy and nutrient intakes. After measuring weight, height, and waist circumference, the body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) were calculated. The percentage of under-reporters was higher in women than men (58.2% vs. 45.9%). Adults and older adult women had the highest prevalence of obesity (29.6%), while adults and older adult men had the highest prevalence of overweight (41.4%). There is a significant increase in energy intake in children, boys, and all adults, compared to the recommended calories. The mean energy percentage (E %) of total fat was 38%, exceeding the upper limit of the Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range (AMDR). At the same time, the mean daily dietary fiber intake fell below the recommended levels (ranging from 13.5 g in children to 19.5 g in older adults). The study population consumes more fat and less fiber than the recommended levels. Actions must be taken across all age groups to correct the deviation of energy and macronutrient intakes from the recommended dietary allowances.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2045-2322
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-39900-1
    Language: English
    Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
    Publication Date: 2023
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    Food Insecurity, Dietary Diversity, and Coping Strategies in Jordan during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study
    MDPI AG ; 2022
    In:  Nutrients Vol. 14, No. 11 ( 2022-05-27), p. 2252-
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    In: Nutrients, MDPI AG, Vol. 14, No. 11 ( 2022-05-27), p. 2252-
    Abstract: The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an emerging respiratory infection with severe impacts on the nutritional status of the worldwide population. This cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the food insecurity, dietary diversity, and food-related coping strategies in Jordan during the pandemic using an online, self-administered questionnaire. Among the 740 adults who completed the survey, the prevalence of food security was 84.1%, whereas 2% and 13.9% were moderately and severely food-insecure, respectively. The determinants of food insecurity were educational level, monthly income, marital status, availability of health insurance, and type of residence. In addition, food insecurity was significantly higher among the participants who consumed two or fewer meals per day (p = 0.015). Moreover, an acceptable food consumption score was shown among 76.2% of the participants, and the remaining participants were at borderline (14.1%) or had poor scores (9.7%), with a significant association between food insecurity and food consumption scores (p 〈 0.001). The food-related coping strategies studied were significantly associated with food insecurity at both levels (p 〈 0.001) and were more evident in the severely food-insecure group. These findings highlight the adverse effects of COVID-19 restrictions on nutritional status, especially among food-insecure households, which might reduce food accessibility due to economic difficulties.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2072-6643
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.3390/nu14112252
    Language: English
    Publisher: MDPI AG
    Publication Date: 2022
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    Highlights on the Labels of Packaged Foods Sold in Jordanian Market from A Cross-Sectional Study
    Enviro Research Publishers ; 2021
    In:  Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science Journal Vol. 9, No. 3 ( 2021-12-31), p. 770-782
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    In: Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science Journal, Enviro Research Publishers, Vol. 9, No. 3 ( 2021-12-31), p. 770-782
    Abstract: Jordan has adapted a strategy to prevent chronic diseases. Accordingly, Ministry of Health is looking for controlling food labeling particularly food fat, trans-fat, and caloric content. This study aimed to screen the food label of products that are sold in Jordanian market in terms of serving size, energy, macronutrient, fiber, total and added sugars, saturated and trans fat, cholesterol, dietary fiber, and micronutrient contents. A cross-sectional study was performed to screen the food label for the food products based on the standards of The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations of 2016 and Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA). Generally, food labels were not clear. The screened products were compliant with JFDA standards and not in compliance with some FDA standards. In addition, many products were found to be sources of added sugars, Na, and saturated fats. Stakeholders and legislators are called to focus on developing new laws, regulations, and polices for developing food label. Food manufacturers are needed to work hardly on developing informative, clear, easy-to-understand, and attractive food labels. The legislators of food label policies are called to look for ways to indicate the presence of high amounts of dietary risk factors such as sugars, added sugars, Na, saturated, and trans fats in packaged foods.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2322-0007 , 2347-467X
    URL: Issue
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    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.12944/CRNFSJ.9
    DOI: 10.12944/CRNFSJ.9.3
    DOI: 10.12944/CRNFSJ
    DOI: 10.12944/CRNFSJ.9.3.05
    Language: English
    Publisher: Enviro Research Publishers
    Publication Date: 2021
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    Frontiers Media SA ; 2022
    In:  Frontiers in Nutrition Vol. 9 ( 2022-2-15)
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    In: Frontiers in Nutrition, Frontiers Media SA, Vol. 9 ( 2022-2-15)
    Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the Eastern Mediterranean Region's food system's fragility posing severe challenges to maintaining healthy sustainable lifestyle. The aim of this cross-sectional study ( N = 13,527 household's family members, mean age: 30.3 ±11.6, 80% women) is to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food consumption patterns and household's dietary diversity in 10 Eastern Mediterranean countries. A food frequency questionnaire was used to investigate the consumption patterns along with the calculation of the Food Consumption Score (FCS), a proxy indicator of dietary diversity. Data collected on cooking attitudes, shopping and food stock explore the community mitigation measures. In the overall population, before and during the pandemic, most food groups were consumed less or equal to 4 times per week. As evident from our findings and considering that the pandemic may be better, but it's not over, small to moderate changes in food consumption patterns in relatively short time periods can become permanent and lead to substantial poor dietary diversity over time. While it is a priority to mitigate the immediate impact, one area of great concern is the long-term effects of this pandemic on dietary patterns and dietary diversity in Eastern Mediterranean households. To conclude, the COVID-19 crisis revealed the region's unpreparedness to deal with a pandemic. While the aggressive containment strategy was essential for most countries to help prevent the spread, it came at a high nutritional cost, driving poor dietary diversity.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2296-861X
    URL: Article
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.813154
    DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.813154.s001
    Language: Unknown
    Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
    Publication Date: 2022
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    Sex disparities in food consumption patterns, dietary diversity and determinants of self-reported body weight changes before and amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 10 Arab countries
    Frontiers Media SA ; 2022
    In:  Frontiers in Public Health Vol. 10 ( 2022-10-28)
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    In: Frontiers in Public Health, Frontiers Media SA, Vol. 10 ( 2022-10-28)
    Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic along with its confinement period boosted lifestyle modifications and impacted women and men differently which exacerbated existing gender inequalities. The main objective of this paper is to assess the gender-based differentials in food consumption patterns, dietary diversity and the determinants favoring weight change before and amid the COVID-19 pandemic among Arab men and women from 10 Arab countries. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted based on a convenience sample of 12,447 households' family members (mean age: 33.2 ± 12.9; 50.1% females) and information from participants aged 18 years and above was collected about periods before and during the pandemic. Results Findings showed that, during the COVID-19 period, the dietary diversity, declined by 1.9% among females compared to males (0.4%) ( p & lt; 0.001) and by 1.5% among overweight participants ( p & lt; 0.001) compared to their counterparts. Conclusions To conclude, gender-sensitive strategies and policies to address weight gain and dietary diversity during emergent shocks and pandemics are urgently needed in the region.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2296-2565
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1029219
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    Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
    Publication Date: 2022
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    Review of the Nutrition Situation in Jordan: Trends and Way Forward
    MDPI AG ; 2021
    In:  Nutrients Vol. 14, No. 1 ( 2021-12-28), p. 135-
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    In: Nutrients, MDPI AG, Vol. 14, No. 1 ( 2021-12-28), p. 135-
    Abstract: Jordan is witnessing an escalating pace of nutrition transition, which may be associated with an increased burden of malnutrition and related non-communicable diseases. This review analyzes the nutrition situation in Jordan by exploring specific nutrition indicators, namely infant and young child feeding, low birthweight, micronutrient deficiencies, anthropometric indicators, and food consumption patterns. Results showed that although most children were ever breastfed and early initiation of breastfeeding had a two-fold increasing trend, rates of exclusive breastfeeding below 6 months of age and continued breastfeeding until two years of age were low. Complementary feeding indicators, particularly minimum diet diversity and minimum acceptable diet standards, were suboptimal. An overall low burden of stunting, wasting, and underweight among children under 5 years and remarkable progress in optimizing iodine status among school-aged children were reported. Conversely, the burden of low birthweight and overweight/obesity exacerbated, coexisting with anemia, vitamin A deficiency, and vitamin D deficiency. Overall, fruit and vegetable consumption were inadequate. The consumption of soft drinks and salt on the other hand was higher than recommended. This review acknowledges the double burden of malnutrition in Jordan and recommends the prioritization and evaluation of interventions towards improving the population’s nutritional status and achieving nutrition targets.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2072-6643
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.3390/nu14010135
    Language: English
    Publisher: MDPI AG
    Publication Date: 2021
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    Frontiers Media SA ; 2023
    In:  Frontiers in Public Health Vol. 11 ( 2023-5-3)
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    In: Frontiers in Public Health, Frontiers Media SA, Vol. 11 ( 2023-5-3)
    Abstract: During the COVID-19 pandemic, most healthcare professionals switched from face-to-face clinical encounters to telehealth. This study sought to investigate the dietitians’ perceptions and practices toward the use of social/mass media platforms amid the transition from face-to-face to telenutrition in the time of COVID-19. This cross-sectional study involving a convenient sample of 2,542 dietitians (mean age = 31.7 ± 9.5; females: 88.2%) was launched in 10 Arab countries between November 2020 and January 2021. Data were collected using an online self-administrated questionnaire. Study findings showed that dietitians’ reliance on telenutrition increased by 11% during the pandemic, p  = 0.001. Furthermore, 63.0% of them reported adopting telenutrition to cover consultation activities. Instagram was the platform that was most frequently used by 51.7% of dietitians. Dietitians shouldered new difficulties in dispelling nutrition myths during the pandemic (58.2% reported doing so vs. 51.4% pre-pandemic, p   & lt; 0.001). Compared to the pre-pandemic period, more dietitians perceived the importance of adopting tele nutrition’s clinical and non-clinical services (86.9% vs. 68.0%, p  = 0.001), with 76.6% being confident in this practice. In addition, 90.0% of the participants received no support from their work facilities for social media usage. Following the COVID-19 outbreak, the majority of dietitians (80.0%) observed a rise in public interest in nutrition-related topics, particularly those pertaining to healthy eating habits ( p  = 0.001), healthy recipes (p = 0.001), nutrition and immunity (p = 0.001), and medical nutrition therapies ( p  = 0.012). Time constraint was the most prevalent barrier to offering telenutrition for nutrition care (32.1%), whereas leveraging a quick and easy information exchange was the most rewarding benefit for 69.3% of the dietitians. In conclusion, to ensure a consistent provision of nutrition care delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic, dietitians working in Arab countries adopted alternative telenutrition approaches through social/mass media.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2296-2565
    URL: Article
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1151648
    DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1151648.s001
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    Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
    Publication Date: 2023
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    Nutrition Management in COVID-19 Quarantine: Hospital-Based Study
    Cambridge University Press (CUP) ; 2023
    In:  Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness Vol. 17 ( 2023)
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    In: Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 17 ( 2023)
    Abstract: This hospital-based study aimed to evaluate the nutritional status and dietary habits, the amount of nutrients provided to the patients in the hospital and to detect the predictors of severity among COVID-19 patients in Jordan. Methods: A hospital-based study ( N = 367; mean age 42.3 y; SD 15.4; 66.0% men) was conducted between March 17 and July 25, 2020, in Prince Hamza Hospital. Data about socio-demographic, anthropometric, dietary habits, and macro- and micronutrients intake were collected from the patients’ medical files, and some missing data were collected by phone directly from the patients. Results: The results of the linear regression showed that only age was significantly and positively (ß = 0.454; P = 0.001) associated with severity of the disease among the study patients. Approximately 57% of the COVID-19 patients consumed 3 meals daily, while 31-34% consumed 1 to 2 snacks daily. The majority (64%) of the patients drank more than 5 cups of water daily. Around 24% of the patients complained of eating problems, such as taste and/or smell loss, low appetite, and swallowing difficulty. The intakes of the vitamins B1, B2, B3, B6, and C, as well as calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, selenium, and sodium, were within the recommended dietary allowances (RDA). Conclusion: The servings of the 5 food groups as well as most of the macro- and micronutrient requirements were within the recommended intakes and RDA.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1935-7893 , 1938-744X
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2021.357
    Language: English
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
    Publication Date: 2023
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    Nutrition Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAPs) among Jordanian Elderly—A Cross-Sectional Study
    MDPI AG ; 2023
    In:  Nutrients Vol. 15, No. 9 ( 2023-05-08), p. 2220-
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    In: Nutrients, MDPI AG, Vol. 15, No. 9 ( 2023-05-08), p. 2220-
    Abstract: Nutrition knowledge, attitudes, and good practices are essential for preventing malnutrition, ensuring good health, and maintaining life quality. However, to the best of our knowledge, no studies have been published on the nutritional knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAPs) of Jordanian older people. For this reason, our study aimed to assess the KAPs in the Jordanian elderly. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 1200 people aged 60 and over. The results revealed that 52.8% of participants had poor knowledge, 52.7% had negative attitude scores, and 72.6% had poor practices. Significant differences were found between the three regions in the KAP prevalence (p 〈 0.001). The northern region had a higher prevalence of nutritionally poor knowledge (65.6%) compared to 52.5% and 40.4% for the central and southern regions, respectively. Participants from the central region had a higher prevalence of a positive attitude (55.4%), whereas the northern and the southern participants had a higher prevalence of a negative attitude (65.6% and 54.4%, respectively). All regions reported poor practices, yet, significantly, the northern regions had the highest prevalence of poor practices. Participants with a low educational level reported a significantly higher prevalence of poor knowledge, negative attitudes, and poor practices compared to participants with a high educational level. The results obtained underline the importance of taking into account the lack of nutrition-related KAPs among the elderly in Jordan. It is crucial to raise awareness on this issue and to implement the national nutrition strategy, with particular attention paid to the elderly. Concrete measures must be taken to ensure that the nutritional needs of older people are met and to improve their quality of life.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2072-6643
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.3390/nu15092220
    Language: English
    Publisher: MDPI AG
    Publication Date: 2023
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