Eating habits and lifestyle behaviors during COVID-19 lockdown: The Lebanese experience.

Objectives: This study aimed to assess dietary intake and lifestyle habits followed during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, as well as the level of adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD), among a sample of the Lebanese population.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted during the government-enforced lockdown. A validated, online, questionnaire was used to collect information about dietary and lifestyle habits.

Correction: Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards people living with HIV/AIDS in Lebanon.

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Poor Awareness of Hypertension in France: The CONSTANCES Population-Based Study.

Objectives: We aimed to assess the hypertension (HTN) awareness and associated factors in France.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis using data from the CONSTANCES population-based cohort involving 87,808 volunteer participants included between 2012 and 2018. HTN was defined as average blood pressure (BP) over 140/90 or use of BP medication, awareness as self-reported HTN.

Unhealthy behaviors and risk of uncontrolled hypertension among treated individuals-The CONSTANCES population-based study.

From an epidemiological standpoint, quantifying the individual and the combined effect of lifestyle factors on uncontrolled blood pressure (BP) deserves further evaluation. We aimed to examine the individual and combined associations between unhealthy behaviors and uncontrolled hypertension among treated hypertensive adults. Cross-sectional analysis was conducted using data from CONSTANCES, an ongoing French population-based cohort study.

Unhealthy behavior and risk of hypertension: the CONSTANCES population-based cohort.

Objectives: We aimed to evaluate the individual and combined association between unhealthy behavior and hypertension (HTN).

Methods: We conducted cross-sectional analysis using data from the population-based cohort study CONSTANCES. Blood pressure measurements were taken based on standardized operational procedures.

Prevalence and risk factors of hypertension: A nationwide cross-sectional study in Lebanon.

There is limited epidemiologic data on hypertension (HTN) in Lebanon. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and associated risk factors of HTN in the adult Lebanese population and evaluate the association between dietary and psychological factors on systolic blood pressure (SBP). Cross-sectional analyses were conducted using a multistage cluster sample across Lebanon.