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ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2021

Impact of Ramadan Fasting on Dietary Intakes Among Healthy Adults: A Year-Round Comparative Study.

Hibeh Shatila, Mariam Baroudi, Raeda El Sayed Ahmad, Rana Chehab, Michele R Forman, Nada Abbas, MoezAlIslam Faris, Farah Naja

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Article in Frontiers in nutrition, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Shifts in food consumption patterns in the Levant: a systematic review of the last six decades.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Hibeh ShatilaDepartment of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Mariam BaroudiDepartment of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Raeda El Sayed AhmadDepartment of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Rana ChehabNutrition Sciences, College of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States.
Michele R FormanNutrition Sciences, College of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States.
Nada AbbasDepartment of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
MoezAlIslam FarisDepartment of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences, Research Institute of Medical & Health Sciences (RIMHS), University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Farah NajaDepartment of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences, Research Institute of Medical & Health Sciences (RIMHS), University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Religious rituals are considered among the principle factors that impact dietary behaviors and food selections. The main objective of this study is to characterize food intake among Lebanese adults observant of the fasting month of Ramadan and compare it to their intake of the rest of the year. During a year-round study, including the month of Ramadan, Lebanese adults (

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dietary changeethnic groupfastingfoodcultureintermittent fastingRamadanreligious affiliation

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PMID34422880
PMCPMC8375294

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