Nutrition literacy profile among adolescents in Kuwait: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Adolescent nutrition literacy and knowledge are associated with nutrient intake and obesity. With the rising prevalence of obesity in Kuwait, limited studies have assessed nutrition literacy among Kuwaiti adolescents. Therefore, this study aims to assess nutrition literacy among Kuwaiti adolescents and examine factors associated with nutrition literacy, such as body mass index (BMI) and dietary intake.

Evidence of gene-nutrient interaction association with waist circumference, cross-sectional analysis.

Background And Aims: Waist circumference (WC) is a significant indicator of body adiposity and is associated with increased mortality and morbidity of cardiovascular diseases. Although, single nutrient intake and candidate genes were previously associated with WC. Little is known about WC association with overall diet quality, genetic risk score and gene-nutrient interaction.

Sex and obesity status modify the association between vitamin D and eczema among adolescents.

Background: Epidemiologic studies have reported inconsistent associations between vitamin D and eczema. This study sought to assess whether sex and obesity status could modify the association between vitamin D and eczema.

Methods: A cross-sectional study enrolled 763 adolescents in Kuwait.

Effect of ultraprocessed food intake on cardiometabolic risk is mediated by diet quality: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: To examine the effect of the consumption of ultraprocessed food on diet quality, and cardiometabolic risk (CMR) in an occupational cohort.

Design: Cross-sectional.

Setting: Occupational cohort.

Vitamin D levels in relation to low back pain during adolescence.

This study aimed to investigate the association between 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) level and low back pain (LBP) among adolescents while adjusting for potential confounders pertinent to this age group including the weight of school bags, BMI and physical activity. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 760 randomly selected adolescents in middle schools. Data on LBP and the risk factors for LBP were collected from parents by a self-administered questionnaire and from adolescents by face-to-face interview.