ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Awareness and Knowledge Regarding the Consumption of Dietary Fiber and Its Relation to Self-Reported Health Status in an Adult Arab Population: A Cross-Sectional Study.
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- Associations of dietary fiber knowledge and intake with glycemic control among Jordanian patients with type two diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study.Food & nutrition research · 2026Article
- Relationship of Sociodemographic Factors and Dietary Practices with Body Mass Index among Saudi Adults.Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences · 2025Article
- Nutritional knowledge, fiber intake, body mass index, and sex associated with constipation symptoms in Peruvian adults.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Healthy food and dietary patterns: a cross-sectional study in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- A systematic review of obesity burden in Saudi Arabia: Prevalence and associated co-morbidities.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2024Review
- Relationship between dietary knowledge, food preference, and long-short term health status among Chinese adults.Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition · 2024Article
- Dietary Patterns Associated with Breast Cancer in the Middle East: A Scoping Review.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Dietary Fiber Intake and Related Factors in Community-Based Iranian's Elderly.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2023Article
- Is Better Knowledge about Health Benefits of Dietary Fiber Related to Food Labels Reading Habits? A Croatian Overview.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Novel Formulation of Bigel-Based Vegetable Oil Spreads Enriched with Lingonberry Pomace.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
The objective of this study was to examine the awareness, knowledge, and habits regarding dietary fiber intake and to analyze its relationship with self-reported health status among Saudi adults. A survey-based study using face-to-face interview was designed, and 1363 apparently healthy adult Saudi males and females participated. Most participants were females (81.2%), aged 25 and above (87.2%), and were educated at least up to the secondary level of education (80.8%). The majority of the participants were aware of the role of fiber-rich foods in health conditions such as obesity (70.5%), cardiovascular diseases (68.9%), and regulation of blood sugar (68.9%), with females significantly having higher nutrition knowledge than males. A disconnect in translating this nutrition knowledge was observed particularly in food choices when eating out, where preferences for white bread (84.4%), fried potatoes (69.9%) and peeled fruits (60.6%) were significantly higher than preferences for cooked vegetables (29.6%) and brown bread (18.1%). The most common reason for this disconnect was due to perception that foods rich in dietary fibers were expensive (72.1%), have less health benefits (56.5%), were not readily available (51.6%), and participants' disliking of the taste (52.8%). Participants in the highest quartile (Q4) for dietary fiber consumption reported a lower prevalence of constipation (odds ratio, 95% confidence interval of 0.40, 0.28-0.57,
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