Metabolic syndrome prediction based on body composition indices.

Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is an important public health issue that has been lately linked as a growing concern worldwide.

The Objective: To find out which anthropometric and body composition indices can prognosticate MetS in Jordanian adult females.

Methods: A sample of 656 Jordanian adult females was recruited (January-March 2024) in the middle of Jordan.

The impact of energy releasing B-vitamin intake on indices of obesity and cardiac function: a cross-sectional study.

Background: B vitamins play a crucial role in the balance and metabolism of energy. Energy metabolism mainly benefits from the B-complex vitamins. Specifically, decarboxylation, transamination, acylation, oxidation, and reduction of substrates that are ultimately employed in energy intake require thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, and vitamin B6.

Habitual food consumption, eating behavior and meal-timing among Jordanian adults with elevated Blood pressure: a cross-sectional population-based study.

Background: The prevalence of elevated blood pressure (BP) has been raised worldwide. Food consumption, eating habits, and nutritional lifestyle related to meal timing, skipping meals, and meal contents have recently received more attention in studies on BP and metabolic syndrome. This study evaluated the association between habitual food consumption, eating behavior, and meal timing with BP among Jordanian adults.

The Novelty of using Obesity Indices as Blood Pressure Predictors.

Aims: To study the association between selected obesity indices, systolic blood pressure (SBP), and diastolic blood pressure (DBP).

Methods: A cross-sectional study on 491 Jordanian adults (19-65 years old). The sociodemographic data, anthropometrics, and blood pressure were measured and recorded.

Dietary fat types consumption association with obesity and coronary indices.

This article aims to study the different dietary fat types associated with obesity and coronary indices. A sample of 491 healthy adults was included in a cross-sectional manner. Dietary fats intake, obesity indices (conicity index (CI), body adiposity index (BAI), abdominal volume index (AVI), body roundness index (BRI), and weight-adjusted-waist index (WWI)), and cardiovascular indices (cardiometabolic index (CMI), lipid accumulation product (LAP), and atherogenic index of plasma (AIP)) were calculated and studied.

The Use of Herbs, Dietary Products, and Different Types of Diet for Weight Loss Purposes.

Background: Obesity is a global pandemic health problem. Attempting weight reduction, excess weight people commonly seek herbal products in addition to claim diets. We aimed to assess the prevalence of consuming herbal and dietary products for weight loss purposes and to assess weight reduction attitudes and beliefs among a group of excess-weight adults in Jordan.

Do macronutrient intakes affect obesity indices in Jordanian adults?

Objective: To determine whether macronutrient intake is associated with novel obesity indices, including the conicity index (CI), body adiposity index (BAI), abdominal volume index (AVI), body roundness index (BRI), and weight-adjusted-waist index (WWI).

Methodology: A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 491 adults (344 males and 147 females) working at different universities in Jordan (July-December 2019). Daily intake of energy (kcal), carbohydrates (g), protein (g), and fat (g) was obtained using 24-h recalls collected over 2 days.

Does probiotic supplementation improve quality of life in mild-to-moderately active ulcerative colitis patients in Jordan? A secondary outcome of the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.

Purpose: Recent findings revealed a potential effect of a probiotic in improving quality of life (QoL) in ulcerative colitis (UC). In Jordan, there is scarce data about UC patients and QoL.

Methods: Twenty-four UC patients were included in the study and were randomly allocated into probiotic (3 × 10 probiotic capsules containing nine Lactobacillus and five Bifidobacterium species) and placebo control groups (containing polysaccharide supplied in an identical bottle) 3 times daily/6 weeks.

Association between dietary fatty acid patterns and obesity indices in Jordanian adults: A cross-sectional study.

Background: The ratios of fatty acids in different diets and their connection to chronic diseases including obesity and CVD have been researched The current study set out to detect the dietary fatty acid patterns among Jordanian adults and their relationships with obesity indices.

Methods: The data of 1096 adults were extracted from a household food consumption patterns survey study. Food intake was analyzed, and fatty acid patterns were determined.

The Prevalence of Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms Among Patients With Celiac Disease in Jordan.

Background Celiac disease is an immune-mediated intestinal disorder with a global prevalence of 1% that results from gluten sensitivity in a genetically susceptible person. It presents with gastrointestinal symptoms, consequences of malabsorption, and/or extraintestinal manifestations that include neuropsychiatric symptoms. Aim The aim of this study was to measure the frequency of anxiety and depressive symptoms in Jordanian patients with celiac disease.

Are There Any Correlations between Vitamin D, Calcium, and Magnesium Intake and Coronary and Obesity Indices?

Objective: The association between nutrient intake and obesity and coronary problems has received great attention. So, this study aimed to examine the association between vitamin D, calcium, and magnesium intake and obesity and coronary indices.

Methods: A total of 491 male and female university employees (18-64 years) were randomly included in a cross-sectional study.

Probiotic supplementation induces remission and changes in the immunoglobulins and inflammatory response in active ulcerative colitis patients: A pilot, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.

Background & Aims: Clinical studies of using probiotics for managing ulcerative colitis (UC) in Jordan are rare. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the effect of probiotic supplementation on the clinical disease activity and biochemical parameters in patients with mild-to-moderately active UC.

Methods: thirty mild-to-moderate ulcerative colitis patients were included and randomly assigned to participate in a double-blinded randomized study to receive the treatment (3 × 10 of probiotic capsules [containing nine Lactobacillus and five Bifidobacterium species], or a placebo), and included in the intention-to-treat analysis.

The probiotic supplementation role in improving the immune system among people with ulcerative colitis: a narrative review.

Objectives: The purpose of this paper is to summarize the current evidence on probiotics' uses as an adjuvant for ulcerative colitis (UC) and provide an understanding of the effect of probiotics supplement on the immune system and inflammatory responses among UC patients and subsequent therapeutic benefits.

Content: A narrative review of all the relevant published papers known to the author was conducted.

Summary: UC is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that results in inflammation and ulceration of the colon and rectum.

The probiotic supplementation role in improving the immune system among people with ulcerative colitis: a narrative review.

Objectives: The purpose of this paper is to summarize the current evidence on probiotics' uses as an adjuvant for ulcerative colitis (UC) and provide an understanding of the effect of probiotics supplement on the immune system and inflammatory responses among UC patients and subsequent therapeutic benefits.

Content: A narrative review of all the relevant published papers known to the author was conducted.

Summary: UC is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that results in inflammation and ulceration of the colon and rectum.

Fat intake and the risk of coronary heart disease among Jordanians.

Introduction: dietary fat has been reported as one of the significant risk factors in the development of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Objective: this study aimed at assessing the possible association between fat intake and CVD. Methods: the present case-control study was conducted in the center of coronary angiography.

Subcutaneous and visceral fat volumes measured by MRI and their relationships with nutrient intakes among adults.

Background And Objectives: Types and amounts of nutrients may influence the volume of subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT). This study targeted to investigate the relationship between SAT and VAT volumes and macro- and micronutrients intake among adults.

Methods And Study Design: Data were collected via a private face-to-face interview, in which diet history was obtained using validated quantitative food frequency questionnaire.

Relative Validity and Reproducibility of a Food Frequency Questionnaire to Assess Food Group Intake in Pregnant Jordanian Women.

Background: Research on the relationship between maternal diet and pregnancy outcomes requires valid dietary assessment tools in pregnancy.

Objective: This study aimed to develop and examine the relative validity and reproducibility of a quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) to estimate food group intake in a sample of pregnant Jordanian women.

Design: In this validation study, food group intake from a culturally sensitive quantitative FFQ was compared with food group intake from three 24-hour dietary recalls.

Dietary inflammatory index and odds of coronary artery disease in a case-control study from Jordan.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the association between inflammatory potential diet as determined by dietary inflammatory index (DII) scores and coronary artery disease (CAD) in a population-based, case-control study of middle-aged Jordanian adults.

Methods: In the present study, 388 patients who were referred for elective coronary angiography at Prince Hamza Hospital, Amman, were enrolled. Of these, 198 were confirmed CAD cases and 190 were CAD-free control participants.

Are Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease Different in Persons With and Without Obesity?

Background: Although obesity is an independent risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD), observational studies have found that persons with obesity have a better prognosis in established CAD compared with those with a normal body weight, suggesting that the underlying risk factors might differ between the two groups. In this study, we studied risk factors for CAD in persons with and without obesity in a Middle Eastern setting where obesity is endemic.

Methods: Five hundred and fifty-six patients referred for elective coronary catheterization at Prince Hamza Hospital, Amman were included in a cross-sectional study.

Elevated fasting blood glucose, but not obesity, is associated with coronary artery disease in patients undergoing elective coronary angiography in a referral hospital in Jordan.

Background: Obesity and its metabolic complications are endemic in the Middle East, but the cardiovascular consequences are not well defined in local studies.

Objective: To assess the association between fasting blood glucose (FBG), obesity and coronary artery disease (CAD) in Jordan.

Design: A cross-sectional, hospital-based study.

Relationship of serum leptin with some biochemical, anthropometric parameters and abdominal fat volumes as measured by magnetic resonance imaging.

Aims: To measure the level of leptin in volunteers and correlate it with several anthropometric, biochemical variables and abdominal fat volumes.

Methods: The level of leptin was investigated in 167 disease-free volunteers. Serum levels of IL-6, adiponectin, and resistin, blood lipid profile (cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), and triglyceride (TG) were determined.

Risk factors for coronary artery disease in patients undergoing elective coronary angiography in Jordan.

Background: Unhealthy lifestyle factors such as smoking, obesity, inactivity and type 2 diabetes are endemic in the Middle East. The public health consequences might be detrimental; however, local studies on risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD) are scarce.

Methods: Patients referred for coronary angiography at a tertiary hospital in Amman, Jordan, between January and December 2015, were included in this study.

Assessment of Abdominal Fat Using High-field Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Anthropometric and Biochemical Parameters.

Background: To measure the abdominal subcutaneous fat (SF) and visceral fat (VF) volumes using high-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and to investigate their association with selected anthropometric and biochemical parameters among obese and nonobese apparently healthy participants.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted by recruiting 167 healthy participants. Abdominal scans were acquired at 3T MRI, and the SF and VF were segmented and their volumes were calculated.

Association between mass media and body weight concern among Jordanian adolescents' residents of Amman: the role of gender and obesity.

Objectives: Body image in the mass media promotes an unrealistic picture of body shape that leads to body dissatisfaction among adolescentsQuery. Therefore, the study presented in this paper aimed to assess the association between mass media and adolescents' weight concerns and perceptions of body weight and shape.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted on school adolescents aged between 15 and 18 years during the academic year 2013-2014.

Dietary patterns and colorectal cancer.

Background & Aims: Dietary pattern and lifestyle have been reported to be important risk factors in the development of colorectal cancer (CRC). However, the mechanism of action of dietary factors in CRC disease is unclear. The aim of this study is the examination of several dietary choices and their potential association with the risk of developing CRC.