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ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2022

Dietary Diversity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Disparities, Challenges, and Mitigation Measures.

Maha Hoteit, Hussein Mortada, Ayoub Al-Jawaldeh, Rania Mansour, Batoul Yazbeck, Majid AlKhalaf, Khlood Bookari, Reema Tayyem, Narmeen J Al-Awwad, Haleama Al Sabbah and 10 more

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Article in Frontiers in nutrition, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  11. Nutrition and Food Literacy in the MENA Region: A Review to Inform Nutrition Research and Policy Makers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

Maha HoteitFaculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon.
Hussein MortadaPHENOL Research Group (Public HEalth Nutrition prOgram Lebanon), Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon.
Ayoub Al-JawaldehWorld Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.
Rania MansourFaculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon.
Batoul YazbeckFaculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon.
Majid AlKhalafNational Nutrition Committee, Saudi Food and Drug Authority, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Khlood BookariNational Nutrition Committee, Saudi Food and Drug Authority, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Reema TayyemDepartment of Human Nutrition, College of Health Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.
Narmeen J Al-AwwadDepartment of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan.
Haleama Al SabbahDepartment of Health Sciences, College of Natural and Health Sciences, Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Leila Cheikh IsmailDepartment of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Radwan QasrawiDepartment of Computer Science, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine.
Rania Abu SeirFaculty of Health Professions, Abu Dis, Palestine.
Iman KamelNational Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
Somaia DashtiPublic Authority for Applied Education and Training, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Sabika AllehdanDepartment of Biology, College of Science, University of Bahrain, Zallaq, Bahrain.
Mariam Al-MannaiDepartment of Mathematics, College of Science, University of Bahrain, Zallaq, Bahrain.
Hiba BawadiHuman Nutrition Department, College of Health Sciences, QU-Health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.
Mostafa WalyFood Science and Nutrition Department, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
Regional CORONA COOKING Survey Group

Funding

World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the Eastern Mediterranean Region's food system's fragility posing severe challenges to maintaining healthy sustainable lifestyle. The aim of this cross-sectional study (

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COVID-19 pandemicdietary diversityEastern Mediterranean regionfood consumption scoremitigation measures

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PMID35252299
PMCPMC8893198

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