... in the Northern Region of Saudi Arabia and to document the double burden of malnutrition in a region experiencing rapid socioeconomic transition. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional study analyzed electronic medical records from primary healthcare centers (PHCs) across the Northern Region of Saudi...

..., weaning practices and maternal education and the occurrence and severity of early childhood diarrhea in Saudi Arabia. Design/methodology/approach A case-control study was conducted, involving 98 mothers from the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia (51 cases and 47 controls). Data were collected from both...

... Grocery shopping Food shopping Food choices Saudi Arabia Nutrition labels Figure 1. Example of nutrition fact label (NFL) As shown in Table 3 there was a significant association between having a low income (<10,000) and always being influenced by awareness campaigns...

...Nada Benajiba; Rokkaya Sami Eldib Purpose Soft drinks consumption in Saudi Arabia is high, although these drinks are nutritionally poor and might lead to various health problems. This paper aims to assess sweetened soft drinks consumption patterns among adult Saudis and explore the association...

... attending three different gymnasia in Hail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia were recruited for this study. Anthropometric measurements of weight and height were performed. Socio‐demographic characteristics – activity history; obesity‐related knowledge; and behavior data – were obtained by self‐administered...