Overweight and Obesity Stigma within the Saudi Community: what does ‘Sentiment Analysis’ Technique tell us?, Dr Dalia El Kheir, Reema Alghamdi, Raghad Badoghaish, Prof. Yahya AlMurtadha, Dr Abdelrahman Elfaki
Dr Dalia Yahia M. El Kheir Consultant, Department of Family and Community Medicine Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University Dammam Saudi Arabia ORCID: 0000-0001-6033-1045 Reema Jamaan Alghamdi Student, College of Medicine Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University Dammam Saudi Arabia ORCID: 0009-0006-6455-0468 Raghad Adel Badoghaish Student, College of Medicine Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University Dammam Saudi Arabia […]
Physical activity delivered in workplace: A pilot study to assess the health outcomes among employees at work, Ewa Hammarberg, Regina Papp, Andi Gaywood, Jean Ferraroli and Ihab Tewfik
Ewa Hammarberg,Regina Papp, Andi Gaywood, Jean Pierre Ferraroli and Ihab Tewfik University of Westminster United Kingdom Background: Physical activity is a potentially cost-effective approach to reduce overweight/obesity and possible complications (cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancers). Despite physical activity guidelines recommendations from government bodies and health organisations such as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence […]
Childhood obesity, an international problem with a local plan, Alysia Mastrangelo and Edward Chaloupka
Alysia Mastrangelo Richard Stockton College of New Jersey United States Edward Chaloupka Rowan University United States Purpose: Childhood obesity has become a national issue with international concerns. Urban areas show an increased prevalence in obese children because they do not have access to fresh and affordable food. The CDC recommends children have 60 min/day of […]
Do soup preloads reduce total calorific intake in overweight and obese subjects?, Jane Bailey and Joanne Murray
Jane Bailey and Joanne Fiona Murray University of Westminster United Kingdom Abstract: Others have reported that soup preloads can reduce total energy intake. This pilot study investigates this phenomenon outside the laboratory within an overweight/obese population. Subjects were used as their own control and divided into three groups: under-/normal weight (n=7), overweight (n=8) and obese […]
Influence of esparto grass on reducing serum glucose of alloxan diabetic rats, Nadia Al-Amoudi
Nadia Saleh Al-Amoudi King Abd Al-Aziz University Kingdom Saudi Arabia Abstract: This work was carried out to evaluate the hypoglycemic effect of fenugreek seeds (Trigonella Foenum Graecum L.) myrrh resin (Commiphora myrrha L.), the wild grown halfa herb – esparto grass (Cortaderia sellona L.) and their blend (using equal amounts of the three herbs) as […]