...Roubina Malakieh; Veronique El Khoury; Jocelyne Matar Boumosleh; Cecile Obeid; Doris Jaalouk Purpose Many studies revealed positive health impacts of the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet), especially on metabolic disorders. Conversely, in Lebanon, recent information about determinants of adherence...

... adult population in Lebanon to increase the adherence to MedDiet. To add, information gained from this study serve to help understanding nutritional behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic crisis, so public health authorities can start planning to save the threatened health-care system...

... samples (n = 354) from all the bakeries (n = 44) located in Mount Lebanon, between 2017 and 2018, were assessed. Breads with nutrition claims were analyzed using standard methods. A cross-sectional study was also conducted among 400 supermarket shoppers. Findings Results showed...

...Jacqueline Doumit; Ramzi Nasser Purpose The purpose of this study was to assess nutrient intakes in elderly living in Lebanese nursing homes (NHs). Design/methodology/approach This cross-sectional study was conducted in 36 long-term care institutions from all over Lebanon. Out of 2,094...

... in the regression. Lebanon Malnutrition Health Nutrition Elderly people Malnutrition is frequent among elderly living in long-term care institutions (Donini et al., 2013 ; Vandewoude and Van Gossum, 2013). Its impact is empirically established with reports of increased mortality...

... and recorded, and the discrepancy in the volumes was corrected by adding water. Two representative samples were taken from each food where three triplicates were analyzed for each sample. Lebanon Cooking Refrigeration Vitamins Nutrition Vitamin C or ascorbic acid (AA) is one of the most...