The puzzle of self-reported weight gain in a month of fasting (Ramadan) among a cohort of Saudi families in Jeddah, Western Saudi Arabia

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Bakhotmah, Balkees ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Fasting; Muslims; Ramadan; Saudi Arabia; Weight changes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; DIET RESTRICTION; EXERCISE; FAMILY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NUTRITION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RICE; SAUDI ARABIA; SELF REPORT; WEIGHT GAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FASTING; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISLAM; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAUDI ARABIA; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 81155158409     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-10-84     Document Type: Article

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