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Clinical studies on anti-obesity medications in Arab countries
Haifa F. AlOtaibi, Hanan N. Al Taib, Shadan AlMuhaidib, Saud Alshagrawi, Abdulmalik Almufarrih, Ola Alalmai, Sahar Alnaserallah, Najla Alodah, Saleh A. Alqahtani and Waleed Alhazzani
Saudi Medical Journal May 2025, 46 (5) 459-477; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2025.46.5.20250126
Haifa F. AlOtaibi
From the Health Research Center (AlOtaibi, Alnaserallah, Alhazzani), Ministry of Defense Health Services, from the Department of Family Medicine (Al Taib, Alshagrawi, Alalmai, Alodah), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, from the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Scientific Computing (AlMuhaidib); from the Organ Transplant Center of Excellence (Alqahtani), Liver, Digestive, and Lifestyle Health Research Section, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, from the Medical Cities Program (Almufarrih), Ministry of Interior, from the College of Medicine (Alhazzani), King Saud University, Riyadh, from the Department of Critical Care and Internal Medicine (Alhazzani), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology (Alqahtani), Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, the United States of America.
MD, MPHHanan N. Al Taib
From the Health Research Center (AlOtaibi, Alnaserallah, Alhazzani), Ministry of Defense Health Services, from the Department of Family Medicine (Al Taib, Alshagrawi, Alalmai, Alodah), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, from the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Scientific Computing (AlMuhaidib); from the Organ Transplant Center of Excellence (Alqahtani), Liver, Digestive, and Lifestyle Health Research Section, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, from the Medical Cities Program (Almufarrih), Ministry of Interior, from the College of Medicine (Alhazzani), King Saud University, Riyadh, from the Department of Critical Care and Internal Medicine (Alhazzani), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology (Alqahtani), Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, the United States of America.
MDShadan AlMuhaidib
From the Health Research Center (AlOtaibi, Alnaserallah, Alhazzani), Ministry of Defense Health Services, from the Department of Family Medicine (Al Taib, Alshagrawi, Alalmai, Alodah), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, from the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Scientific Computing (AlMuhaidib); from the Organ Transplant Center of Excellence (Alqahtani), Liver, Digestive, and Lifestyle Health Research Section, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, from the Medical Cities Program (Almufarrih), Ministry of Interior, from the College of Medicine (Alhazzani), King Saud University, Riyadh, from the Department of Critical Care and Internal Medicine (Alhazzani), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology (Alqahtani), Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, the United States of America.
MPHSaud Alshagrawi
From the Health Research Center (AlOtaibi, Alnaserallah, Alhazzani), Ministry of Defense Health Services, from the Department of Family Medicine (Al Taib, Alshagrawi, Alalmai, Alodah), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, from the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Scientific Computing (AlMuhaidib); from the Organ Transplant Center of Excellence (Alqahtani), Liver, Digestive, and Lifestyle Health Research Section, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, from the Medical Cities Program (Almufarrih), Ministry of Interior, from the College of Medicine (Alhazzani), King Saud University, Riyadh, from the Department of Critical Care and Internal Medicine (Alhazzani), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology (Alqahtani), Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, the United States of America.
MDAbdulmalik Almufarrih
From the Health Research Center (AlOtaibi, Alnaserallah, Alhazzani), Ministry of Defense Health Services, from the Department of Family Medicine (Al Taib, Alshagrawi, Alalmai, Alodah), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, from the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Scientific Computing (AlMuhaidib); from the Organ Transplant Center of Excellence (Alqahtani), Liver, Digestive, and Lifestyle Health Research Section, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, from the Medical Cities Program (Almufarrih), Ministry of Interior, from the College of Medicine (Alhazzani), King Saud University, Riyadh, from the Department of Critical Care and Internal Medicine (Alhazzani), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology (Alqahtani), Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, the United States of America.
MDOla Alalmai
From the Health Research Center (AlOtaibi, Alnaserallah, Alhazzani), Ministry of Defense Health Services, from the Department of Family Medicine (Al Taib, Alshagrawi, Alalmai, Alodah), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, from the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Scientific Computing (AlMuhaidib); from the Organ Transplant Center of Excellence (Alqahtani), Liver, Digestive, and Lifestyle Health Research Section, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, from the Medical Cities Program (Almufarrih), Ministry of Interior, from the College of Medicine (Alhazzani), King Saud University, Riyadh, from the Department of Critical Care and Internal Medicine (Alhazzani), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology (Alqahtani), Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, the United States of America.
MDSahar Alnaserallah
From the Health Research Center (AlOtaibi, Alnaserallah, Alhazzani), Ministry of Defense Health Services, from the Department of Family Medicine (Al Taib, Alshagrawi, Alalmai, Alodah), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, from the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Scientific Computing (AlMuhaidib); from the Organ Transplant Center of Excellence (Alqahtani), Liver, Digestive, and Lifestyle Health Research Section, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, from the Medical Cities Program (Almufarrih), Ministry of Interior, from the College of Medicine (Alhazzani), King Saud University, Riyadh, from the Department of Critical Care and Internal Medicine (Alhazzani), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology (Alqahtani), Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, the United States of America.
MPHNajla Alodah
From the Health Research Center (AlOtaibi, Alnaserallah, Alhazzani), Ministry of Defense Health Services, from the Department of Family Medicine (Al Taib, Alshagrawi, Alalmai, Alodah), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, from the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Scientific Computing (AlMuhaidib); from the Organ Transplant Center of Excellence (Alqahtani), Liver, Digestive, and Lifestyle Health Research Section, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, from the Medical Cities Program (Almufarrih), Ministry of Interior, from the College of Medicine (Alhazzani), King Saud University, Riyadh, from the Department of Critical Care and Internal Medicine (Alhazzani), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology (Alqahtani), Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, the United States of America.
MDSaleh A. Alqahtani
From the Health Research Center (AlOtaibi, Alnaserallah, Alhazzani), Ministry of Defense Health Services, from the Department of Family Medicine (Al Taib, Alshagrawi, Alalmai, Alodah), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, from the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Scientific Computing (AlMuhaidib); from the Organ Transplant Center of Excellence (Alqahtani), Liver, Digestive, and Lifestyle Health Research Section, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, from the Medical Cities Program (Almufarrih), Ministry of Interior, from the College of Medicine (Alhazzani), King Saud University, Riyadh, from the Department of Critical Care and Internal Medicine (Alhazzani), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology (Alqahtani), Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, the United States of America.
MDWaleed Alhazzani
From the Health Research Center (AlOtaibi, Alnaserallah, Alhazzani), Ministry of Defense Health Services, from the Department of Family Medicine (Al Taib, Alshagrawi, Alalmai, Alodah), Prince Sultan Military Medical City, from the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Scientific Computing (AlMuhaidib); from the Organ Transplant Center of Excellence (Alqahtani), Liver, Digestive, and Lifestyle Health Research Section, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, from the Medical Cities Program (Almufarrih), Ministry of Interior, from the College of Medicine (Alhazzani), King Saud University, Riyadh, from the Department of Critical Care and Internal Medicine (Alhazzani), College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology (Alqahtani), Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, the United States of America.
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Clinical studies on anti-obesity medications in Arab countries
Haifa F. AlOtaibi, Hanan N. Al Taib, Shadan AlMuhaidib, Saud Alshagrawi, Abdulmalik Almufarrih, Ola Alalmai, Sahar Alnaserallah, Najla Alodah, Saleh A. Alqahtani, Waleed Alhazzani
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Clinical studies on anti-obesity medications in Arab countries
Haifa F. AlOtaibi, Hanan N. Al Taib, Shadan AlMuhaidib, Saud Alshagrawi, Abdulmalik Almufarrih, Ola Alalmai, Sahar Alnaserallah, Najla Alodah, Saleh A. Alqahtani, Waleed Alhazzani
Saudi Medical Journal May 2025, 46 (5) 459-477; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2025.46.5.20250126
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