Search Results - "Skhiri, Hajer Aounallah"

The state of diet-related NCD policies in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Tunisia and Vietnam: a comparative assessment that introduces a ‘policy cube’ approach by Buse, Kent, Aftab, Wafa, Akhter, Sadika, Phuong, Linh Bui, Chemli, Haroun, Dahal, Minakshi, Feroz, Anam, Hofiani, Sayad, Pradhan, Nousheen Akber, Anwar, Iqbal, Skhiri, Hajer Aounallah, El Ati, Jalila, Giang, Kim Bao, Puri, Mahesh, Noormal, Bashir, Rabbani, Fauziah, Hawkes, Sarah

“…Abstract We assessed the technical content of sugar, salt and trans-fats policies in six countries in relation to the World Health Organization ‘Best Buys’…”
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Depression during the COVID pandemic in La Manouba Governorate, Tunisia: A community survey by Carta, Mauro G, Kovess, Viviane, Aissa, Amina, Larnaout, Amine, Zgueb, Yosra, Alnasser, Lubna A, Moro, Maria Francesca, Sancassiani, Federica, Cantone, Elisa, Rjaibi, Salsabil, Zoghlami, Nada, Zid, Mejdi, Aounallah-Skhiri, Hajer, Ouali, Uta

“…Background: It is difficult to quantify the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health as many community surveys have limited quality, rely on screening…”
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Body mass index percentiles and elevated blood pressure among children and adolescents by Wang, Mingming, Kelishadi, Roya, Khadilkar, Anuradha, Mi Hong, Young, Nawarycz, Tadeusz, Krzywińska-Wiewiorowska, Małgorzata, Aounallah-Skhiri, Hajer, Esmaeil Motlagh, Mohammad, Soon Kim, Hae, Khadilkar, Vaman, Krzyżaniak, Alicja, Ben Romdhane, Habiba, Heshmat, Ramin, Chiplonkar, Shashi, Stawińska-Witoszyńska, Barbara, El Ati, Jalila, Qorbani, Mostafa, Kajale, Neha, Traissac, Pierre, Ostrowska-Nawarycz, Lidia, Ardalan, Gelayol, Ekbote, Veena, Yang, Liu, Zhao, Min, Liu, Xia, Liang, Yajun, Xi, Bo

“…It is well established that obesity is associated with an increased risk of elevated and high blood pressure (BP) in children and adolescents. However, it is…”
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Hyperactivity and Risk for Dysregulation of Mood, Energy, and Social Rhythms Syndrome (DYMERS): Standardization of a Simple One-Item Screener versus the Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) by Ouali, Uta, Aissa, Amina, Rejaibi, Salsabil, Zoghlami, Nada, Larnaout, Amine, Zgueb, Yosra, Zid, Mejdi, Skhiri, Hajer Aounallah, Kalcev, Goce, Tusconi, Massimo, Aviles Gonzales, Cesar Ivan, Preti, Antonio, Primavera, Diego

“…This study aims to verify the accuracy of item 10 on the energy level of the Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12) in an item screening according to Mood Disorder…”
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Comparison of health risk behavior, awareness, and health benefit beliefs of health science and non-health science students: An international study by Peltzer, Karl, Pengpid, Supa, Yung, Tony K. C., Aounallah-Skhiri, Hajer, Rehman, Rehana

“…This study determines the differences in health risk behavior, knowledge, and health benefit beliefs between health science and non‐health science university…”
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Gender obesity inequities are huge but differ greatly according to environment and socio-economics in a North African setting: a national cross-sectional study in Tunisia by El Ati, Jalila, Traissac, Pierre, Delpeuch, Francis, Aounallah-Skhiri, Hajer, Béji, Chiraz, Eymard-Duvernay, Sabrina, Bougatef, Souha, Kolsteren, Patrick, Maire, Bernard, Ben Romdhane, Habiba

“…Southern Mediterranean countries have experienced a marked increase in the prevalence of obesity whose consequences for gender related health inequities have…”
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Blood pressure and associated factors in a North African adolescent population. a national cross-sectional study in Tunisia by Aounallah-Skhiri, Hajer, El Ati, Jalila, Traissac, Pierre, Ben Romdhane, Habiba, Eymard-Duvernay, Sabrina, Delpeuch, Francis, Achour, Noureddine, Maire, Bernard

“…In southern and eastern Mediterranean countries, changes in lifestyle and the increasing prevalence of excess weight in childhood are risk factors for high…”
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Nutrition transition among adolescents of a south-Mediterranean country: dietary patterns, association with socio-economic factors, overweight and blood pressure. A cross-sectional study in Tunisia by Aounallah-Skhiri, Hajer, Traissac, Pierre, El Ati, Jalila, Eymard-Duvernay, Sabrina, Landais, Edwige, Achour, Noureddine, Delpeuch, Francis, Ben Romdhane, Habiba, Maire, Bernard

“…The increase in the burden of chronic diseases linked to the nutrition transition and associated dietary and lifestyle changes is of growing concern in south…”
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Obesity and association with area of residence, gender and socio-economic factors in Algerian and Tunisian adults by Atek, Madjid, Traissac, Pierre, El Ati, Jalila, Laid, Youcef, Aounallah-Skhiri, Hajer, Eymard-Duvernay, Sabrina, Mézimèche, Nadia, Bougatef, Souha, Béji, Chiraz, Boutekdjiret, Leila, Martin-Prével, Yves, Lebcir, Hassiba, Gartner, Agnès, Kolsteren, Patrick, Delpeuch, Francis, Ben Romdhane, Habiba, Maire, Bernard

“…The epidemiological transition has resulted in a major increase in the prevalence of obesity in North Africa. This study investigated differences in obesity…”
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Height-specific blood pressure cutoffs for screening elevated and high blood pressure in children and adolescents: an International Study by Hou, Yaping, Bovet, Pascal, Kelishadi, Roya, Litwin, Mieczysław, Khadilkar, Anuradha, Hong, Young Mi, Nawarycz, Tadeusz, Stawińska-Witoszyńska, Barbara, Aounallah-Skhiri, Hajer, Motlagh, Mohammad Esmaeil, Kim, Hae Soon, Khadilkar, Vaman, Krzyżaniak, Alicja, Ben Romdhane, Habiba, Heshmat, Ramin, Chiplonkar, Shashi, Krzywińska-Wiewiorowska, Małgorzata, Ati, Jalila El, Qorbani, Mostafa, Kajale, Neha, Traissac, Pierre, Ostrowska-Nawarycz, Lidia, Ardalan, Gelayol, Parthasarathy, Lavanya, Yang, Liu, Zhao, Min, Chiolero, Arnaud, Xi, Bo

“…Pediatric blood pressure (BP) reference tables are generally based on sex, age, and height and tend to be cumbersome to use in routine clinical practice. In…”
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Premature mortality attributable to smoking among Tunisian men in 2009 by Saidi, Olfa, Hajem, Said, Aounallah-Skhiri, Hajer, Ben Mansour, Nadia, Hsairi, Mohamed, Ben Romdhane, Habiba, Critchley, Julia, Malouche, Dhafer, O’Flaherty, Martin, Fakhfakh, Radhouane

“…Introduction: Tobacco smoking is a significant public health threat in the world, a risk factor for many diseases, and has been increasing in prevalence in…”
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Tropical medicine rounds: Acrodermatitis enteropathica: a review of 29 Tunisian cases by Kharfi, Monia, El Fékih, Nadia, Aounallah-Skhiri, Hajer, Schmitt, Sébastien, Fazaa, Bécima, Küry, Sébastien, Kamoun, Mohamed Ridha

“…Introduction  Acrodermatitis enteropathica is a rare autosomal recessive disease due to an abnormality in a zinc transporting molecule. Methods  We conducted a…”
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The G1057D polymorphism of IRS-2 gene is not associated with type 2 diabetes and obese patients among ethnic groups in Tunisian population by Baroudi Ouederni, Thouraya, Sanchez-Corona, Jose, Martinez, Silvia E. Flores, Ben Maiz, Hedi, Aounallah Skhiri, Hajer, Kammoun Abid, Hafaoua, Benammar-Elgaaied, Amel

“…Type 2 of diabetes is the most common metabolic disorder and results from the interaction between genetic and environmental factors. Insulin receptor…”
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Cytokine and apoptosis gene polymorphisms influence the outcome of hepatitis C virus infection by Ksiaa Cheikhrouhou, Leila, Sfar, Imen, Aounallah-Skhiri, Hajer, Aouadi, Houda, Jendoubi-Ayed, Salwa, Ben Abdallah, Taieb, Ayed, Khaled, Lakhoua-Gorgi, Yousr

“…BACKGROUND:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is thought to be chronic and the factors leading to viral clearance or persistence are poorly understood.This…”
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MCP-1, CCR2 and CCR5 polymorphisms in Tunisian patients with atopic asthma by Dhaouadi, Tarak, Sfar, Imen, Aounallah-Skhiri, Hajer, Jendoubi-Ayed, Saloua, Bouacha, Hend, Ben Abdallah, Taieb, Gorgi, Yousr

“…Chemokines and their receptors play an important role in the late inflammatory stage of asthma. In this study, we aimed to investigate polymorphisms of MCP-1…”
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Measurement and meaning: reporting sex in health research by Hawkes, Sarah, Haseen, Fariha, Aounallah-Skhiri, Hajer

“…A study of 31 anatomy textbooks used between 1890 and 1989 found little difference in the proportions of anatomical drawings that were male (about 70%)…”
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Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128.9 million children, adolescents, and adults by Ezzati, M, Bentham, J, Di, Cesare M, Bilano, V, Bixby, H, Zhou, B, Stevens, GA, Riley, LM, Taddei, C, Hajifathalian, K

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Trends in obesity and diabetes across Africa from 1980 to 2014: an analysis of pooled population-based studies by Kengne, Andre Pascal, Bentham, James, Zhou, Bin, Peer, Nasheeta, Matsha, Tandi E, Bixby, Honor, Di Cesare, Mariachiara, Hajifathalian, Kaveh, Lu, Yuan, Taddei, Cristina, Bovet, Pascal, Kyobutungi, Catherine, Agyemang, Charles, Aounallah-Skhiri, Hajer, Assah, Felix K, Barkat, Amina, Romdhane, Habiba Ben, Chan, Queenie, Chaturvedi, Nishi, Damasceno, Albertino, Delisle, Hélène, Delpeuch, Francis, Doua, Kouamelan, Egbagbe, Eruke E, Ati, Jalila El, Elliott, Paul, Engle-Stone, Reina, Erasmus, Rajiv T, Fouad, Heba M, Gareta, Dickman, Gureje, Oye, Hendriks, Marleen Elisabeth, Houti, Leila, Ibrahim, Mohsen M, Kemper, Han C G, Killewo, Japhet, Kowlessur, Sudhir, Kruger, Herculina S, Laamiri, Fatima Zahra, Laid, Youcef, Levitt, Naomi S, Lunet, Nuno, Magliano, Dianna J, Maire, Bernard, Martin-Prevel, Yves, Mediene-Benchekor, Sounnia, Mohamed, Mostafa K, Mondo, Charles K, Monyeki, Kotsedi Daniel, Mostafa, Aya, Nankap, Martin, Owusu-Dabo, Ellis, Rinke de Wit, Tobias F, Saidi, Olfa, Schultsz, Constance, Schutte, Aletta E, Senbanjo, Idowu O, Shaw, Jonathan E, Smeeth, Liam, Sobngwi, Eugène, Jérome, Charles Sossa, Stronks, Karien, Tanser, Frank, Tchibindat, Félicité, Traissac, Pierre, Tshepo, Lechaba, Tullu, Fikru, Ukoli, Flora A M, Viswanathan, Bharathi, Wade, Alisha N, Danaei, Goodarz, Stevens, Gretchen A, Riley, Leanne M, Ezzati, Majid, Mbanya, Jean Claude N

“…The 2016 Dar Es Salaam Call to Action on Diabetes and Other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) advocates national multi-sectoral NCD strategies and action plans…”
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Establishing International Blood Pressure References Among Nonoverweight Children and Adolescents Aged 6 to 17 Years by Xi, Bo, Zong, Xin’nan, Kelishadi, Roya, Hong, Young Mi, Khadilkar, Anuradha, Steffen, Lyn M, Nawarycz, Tadeusz, Krzywińska-Wiewiorowska, Małgorzata, Aounallah-Skhiri, Hajer, Bovet, Pascal, Chiolero, Arnaud, Pan, Haiyan, Litwin, Mieczysław, Poh, Bee Koon, Sung, Rita Y.T, So, Hung-Kwan, Schwandt, Peter, Haas, Gerda-Maria, Neuhauser, Hannelore K, Marinov, Lachezar, Galcheva, Sonya V, Motlagh, Mohammad Esmaeil, Kim, Hae Soon, Khadilkar, Vaman, Krzyżaniak, Alicja, Romdhane, Habiba Ben, Heshmat, Ramin, Chiplonkar, Shashi, Stawińska-Witoszyńska, Barbara, El Ati, Jalila, Qorbani, Mostafa, Kajale, Neha, Traissac, Pierre, Ostrowska-Nawarycz, Lidia, Ardalan, Gelayol, Parthasarathy, Lavanya, Zhao, Min, Zhang, Tao

“…BACKGROUND—Several distributions of country-specific blood pressure (BP) percentiles by sex, age, and height for children and adolescents have been established…”
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Experiences and perceptions of health professionals towards the quality of care for people living with HIV in Tunisia: a qualitative study by Zribi, Mariem, Mansour, Nadia Ben, Moussa, Hayet, Hassine, Hichem Ben, Aounallah-Skhiri, Hajer

“…Introductionhuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection continues to be a public health issue, especially in low- and middle-income countries, including…”
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