Sabri Saghir

• PhD in nutritional sciences
• CEO at Hebron University

Background: Food insecurity significantly impacts children’s health, affecting their development across cognitive, physical, and socio-emotional dimensions. This study explores the impact of food insecurity among children aged 6 months to 5 years, focusing on nutrient intake and its relationship with various forms of malnutrition. Methods: Utilizin...

Food insecurity is a public health concern that affects children worldwide, yet it represents a particular burden for low- and middle-income countries. This study aims to utilize machine learning to identify the associations between food insecurity and nutrient intake among children aged 5 to 18 years. The study’s sample encompassed 1040 participan...

Heart disease is the most hazardous chronic disease that leads to death worldwide. Hypertension is one of the most risk factors that leads to CVD. This study has been conducted to examine the relationship between a genetic polymorphism in the angiotensin gene and coronary heart disease, and the correlation of this polymorphism with environmental an...

Introduction La prévalence de la malnutrition chez l’enfant est un indicateur de l’état de santé dans les différents pays ; sa prévalence actuelle est estimée à 7,5 % et elle est associée à plus de la moitié des décès des enfants âgés de moins de 5 ans chaque année. Selon les experts de l’UNHCR et du Programme alimentaire mondial, il y’a une tendan...

Arab adolescents. Method. A multistage stratified sampling method was used to select 4698 students aged 15–18 years (2240 males and 2458 females) from public schools. Seven Arab counties were included in the study, namely, Algeria, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Palestine, Syria, and the United Arab Emirates. Self-reported questionnaire was used to list th...

Objective: To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among adolescents in five Arab countries, relative to age and sex. Methods: A multistage stratified random sampling technique was used to select the secondary school students from five Arab countries (Kuwait, Libya, Palestine, Syria and United Arab Emirates). The total sample was 3...

This study was conducted to investigate the pattern of calorie and protein consumption by Hebron University students. A sample size of 238 students (males and females) of ages ranged from 18 to 23 years was the target of this study. A food frequency questionnaire and 3 days food record were designed and used, and a pilot survey was carried out amon...

Objective. The aim of this study was to find out the prevalence of overweight and obesity among adolescents in seven Arab countries using similar reference standard. Methods. A school-based cross-sectional study was carried out in seven cities in Arab countries, namely, Algeria, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Palestine, Syria, and United Arab Emirates. A m...

Effects of oil supplemented diets on growth performance and carcass proportions were studied using 27 male Black goat kids with a body weight (BW) of 19.4 +/- 0.41 kg at the beginning of the experiment. Kids were randomly divided into 3 groups of 9, and those in each group were individually fed cereal grain-soybean meal (SBM) based total mixed rati...

Effects of braising without oil and with different cooking oils (olive oil, corn oil and partially hydrogenated plants oil) on the susceptibility to lipid oxidation in beef fillets (psoas major) were evaluated. The beef fillets were pan-fried without oil or with the respective oils for five min, followed by 90 min steam cooking (braising). Lipid ox...

Salmon fillets were steamed, or pan-fried without oil, with olive oil, with corn oil, or with partially hydrogenated plant oil. The exchange between the salmon and the pan-frying oils was marginal, but it was detectable as slight modifications in the fatty acid pattern and the tocopherol contents according to the oil used. Primary and secondary oxi...