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Prof. Huda Mustafa Al Hourani

Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, The Hashemite University
Verified email at hu.edu.jo
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[HTML][HTML] Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children …

…, D Al Asfoor, HM Al Hourani, NM Al Qaoud, M Alarouj… - The Lancet, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes throughout
the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of underweight or …

[PDF][PDF] Effects of Ramadan fasting on some haematological and biochemical parameters

HM Al Hourani, MF Atoum, S Akel, N Hijjawi… - Jordan J Biol …, 2009 - academia.edu
… The results of this study showed no significant increase in the level of uric acid despite a
significant weight loss of the subjects (Al Hourani and Atoum 2007), which could be …

Physical activity and levels of inactivity in adolescent females ages 11–16 years in the United Arab Emirates

…, HJ Lightowler, HM AlHourani - American Journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this study was to investigate patterns of physical activity and levels of inactivity
in adolescent females in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A total of 58 adolescent females…

[HTML][HTML] The use of prognostic nutritional index (PNI) and selected inflammatory indicators for predicting malnutrition in COVID-19 patients: A retrospective study

I Al-Shami, HM Al Hourani, B Alkhatib - Journal of Infection and Public …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Malnutrition causes diverse alterations in the immune system, and COVID-19 is
an infection affecting the immune system, consequently leading to malnutrition. Aims This …

Prevalence of overweight and obesity among adult females in the United Arab Emirates

…, AS Aldhaheri, E Masuadi, HM Al Hourani - … journal of food …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this present study was to investigate the prevalence of overweight and
obesity in adult females in the United Arab Emirates. A total number of 724 females, age 20–90 …

Prevalence of overweight among adolescent females in the United Arab Emirates

HM AlHourani, CJK Henry… - American Journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of the study was to investigate the prevalence of overweight in adolescent
females in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A total of 898 females, ages 11–18 years, were …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of hyperuricemia and associated factors among type 2 diabetic patients in jordan

M Abujbara, HM Al Hourani, RI Al-Raoush… - … Journal of General …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Previous studies showed variable estimate of the prevalence of hyperuricemia
in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The prevalence of hyperuricemia and …

[HTML][HTML] Using inflammatory indices for assessing malnutrition among COVID-19 patients: a single-center retrospective study

B Alkhatib, HM Al Hourani, I Al-Shami - Journal of Infection and Public …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) causes malnutrition in infected patients.
This study aimed to investigate the use of systemic immune-inflammatory index (SII), platelet…

[PDF][PDF] Lifestyle related risk factors for breast cancer in Jordanian females

MF Atoum, HM Al-Hourani - Saudi Med J, 2004 - academia.edu
Methods. To determine the risk factors among Jordanian breast cancer female in 99 breast
cancer females, and 99 normal females (as a control) were interviewed. The control …

Anthropometric indices of obesity as predictors of high blood pressure among school children

HM Al Hourani, B Alkhatib - Clinical and Experimental …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background Hypertension is related to increased body fat, which can be evaluated by
anthropometric indicators. The aim of this study was to determine the predictive power of …