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Farm-scale water-energy-food-waste nexus analysis for a closed-loop dairy system

Muell, Jordan D.; Mohtar, Rabi H.; Kan, Eunsung; Assi, Amjad T.; Pappa, Valentini A. (Frontiers Media S.A., 2022)

Largely due to manure management, intensive livestock production is known to negatively impact air, water, and soil quality. Excessive manure is often applied to soil as fertilizer or stored in lagoon. However, some ...
Farmers’ perception to change and adaptation strategies of small ruminant systems in the West Bekaa of Lebanon

Chedid, Mabelle; Tourrand, Jean François; Jaber, Lina S.; Hamadeh, Shadi K. (Elsevier B.V., 2018)

Sheep and goats production in the MENA region faces economic, environmental and social pressures causing major shifts in the production systems. This study investigates the main constraints affecting small ruminant production ...
Farmers’ Willingness to Adopt Conservation Agriculture: New Evidence from Lebanon

Chalak, Ali; Irani, Alexandra; Chaaban, Jad M.; Bashour, Issam I.; Seyfert, Karin; Smoot, Kaitlyn; Abebe, Gumataw Kifle (Springer New York LLC, 2017)

With increasing food insecurity and climate change, conservation agriculture has emerged as a sustainable alternative to intensive conventional agriculture as a source of food supply. Yet the adoption rate of conservation ...
Farmers’ willingness to pay for operating a collective postharvest refrigeration unit in an eastern Mediterranean rural community

Maalouf, Amani; Chalak, Ali (Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems, 2019)

One-third of crops harvested globally is lost due to inadequate or lack of postharvest storage facilities. This paper explores farmers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for a common refrigeration unit to reduce postharvest losses ...
Fatty acid composition including trans-fatty acids in selected cereal-based baked snacks from Lebanon

Habbal, Mohammad Zouheir; Toufeili, I.; Zuheir Habbal, M.; Nasreddine, Lara M. (Academic Press Inc., 2015)

Ten samples of biscuits (including plain, whole meal, cream-filled and chocolate-coated), 7 samples of cakes (including plain, chocolate and cream-filled), 4 samples of wafers (including plain, chocolate-filled, coated and ...
Feasibility of groundwater recharge dam projects in arid environments

Jaafar, Hadi H. (Elsevier, 2014)

A new method for determining feasibility and prioritizing investments for agricultural and domestic recharge dams in arid regions is developed and presented. The method is based on identifying the factors affecting the ...
Financial Wellbeing and Quality of Life Among a Sample of the Lebanese Population: The Mediating Effect of Food Insecurity

Karam, Joanne M.; Haddad, Chadia; Sacre, Hala; Serhan, Mireille; Salameh, Pascale R.; Jomaa, Lamis H. (Frontiers Media S.A., 2022)

Background: Lebanon is undergoing multiple overlapping crises, affecting the food security, financial well-being, and quality of life (QOL) of its residents. Objective: The primary objective was to assess the food insecurity ...
First Nation-Wide Analysis of Food Safety and Acceptability Data in Lebanon

Kharroubi, Samer A.; Nasser, Nivin A.; Diab El-Harakeh, Marwa H.; Alhaj Sulaiman, Abdallah; Kassem, Issmat I. (MDPI, 2020)

The challenges to food safety in Lebanon are numerous and have coalesced to pose a serious public health concern. This is evident in well-documented food poisoning outbreaks and adulteration cases. In response, the Lebanese ...
First physical activity report card for children and youth in Lebanon

Abi-Nader, Patrick; Majed, Lina; Sayegh, Suzan M.; Mattar, Lama E.; Hadla, Ruba; Chamieh, Marie Claire; Habib-Mourad, Carla; Fares, Elie Jacques; Hawa, Zeina; Bélanger, Mathieu F. (Human Kinetics Publishers Inc., 2019)

Background: Evidence on physical activity (PA) indicators for children and youth at a national level is necessary to improve multilevel support for PA behaviors. Lebanon's first Physical Activity Report Card for children ...
First report of the plasmid-borne colistin resistance gene (mcr-1) in Proteus mirabilis isolated from a toddler in non-clinical settings

Hmede, Zaynab; Kassem, Issmat I. (Elsevier Ltd, 2019)

We report the detection of a plasmid-borne mobile colistin-resistance-gene, mcr-1, in Proteus mirabilis, a known community and hospital pathogen, that was isolated from a toddler (2 years old) in the community in Lebanon. ...
Food allergy knowledge, attitudes and practices of foodservice workers at restaurants in Lebanon: Findings from a national cross-sectional study

Nasseredine, Sara; Diab El-Harakeh, Marwa H.; Kharroubi, Samer A.; Toufeili, I. (Elsevier Ltd, 2021)

Introduction: Dining out at restaurants could be challenging for people with food allergies who ought to depend on food service workers or restaurant staff to prepare allergen-free food. Objective: The present paper aims ...
Food and mood: A nutritional and mood assessment of a 30-day vegan space diet

Olabi, Ammar A.; Levitsky, David A.; Hunter, Jean B.; Spies, Rupert; Rovers, Adriana P.; Abdouni, Lina (Elsevier Ltd, 2015)

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of eating a total vegan space diet, ad libitum, on nutrient intake, weight and mood in a group of 16 non-vegetarians. The 10-day diet was repeated three times within the ...
Food and nutrient intake of school-aged children in Lebanon and their adherence to dietary guidelines and recommendations

Nasreddine, Lara M.; Hwalla, Nahla C.; Chokor, Fatima Al Zahraa; Naja, Farah A.; O’Neill, Lynda M.; Jomaa, Lamis H. (BioMed Central Ltd, 2022)

Background: Lebanon, an Eastern Mediterranean country, is witnessing a remarkable nutrition transition, and the diets of school-aged children may be amongst those most affected. However, limited studies have examined the ...
Food consumption patterns and nutrient intakes of children and adolescents in the eastern mediterranean region: A call for policy action

Al-Jawadleh, Ayoub; Taktouk, Mandy; Nasreddine, Lara M. (MDPI AG, 2020)

The Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) has witnessed significant social and economic changes that may have influenced the diet of children and adolescents, and increased the risk for obesity and malnutrition in this age ...
Food consumption patterns and nutrient intakes of infants and young children amidst the nutrition transition: the case of Lebanon

Jomaa, Lamis H.; Hwalla, Nahla C.; Chokor, Fatima Al Zahraa; Naja, Farah A.; O’Neill, Lynda M.; Nasreddine, Lara M. (BioMed Central Ltd, 2022)

Background: This is the first study on dietary intakes of infants and young children in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, a region that is currently witnessing the nutrition transition. It aims at characterizing food ...
Food insecurity among Iraqi refugees living in Lebanon, 10 years after the invasion of Iraq: Data from a household survey

Ghattas, Hala; Sassine, Annie Belle J.; Seyfert, Karin; Nord, Mark; Sahyoun, Nadine R. (Cambridge University Press, 2014)

Iraqi refugees in Lebanon are vulnerable to food insecurity because of their limited rights and fragile livelihoods. The objective of the present study was to assess household food insecurity among Iraqi refugees living ...
Food insecurity and mental health of college students in Lebanon: A cross-sectional study

Itani, Rita; Mattar, Lama E.; Kharroubi, Samer A.; Bosqui, Tania Josiane; Diab El-Harakeh, Marwa H.; Jomaa, Lamis H. (Cambridge University Press, 2022)

The present study aimed to assess the prevalence of food insecurity (FI) among college students and explore its association with indicators of mental and psychosocial health. Data were collected using a cross-sectional ...
Food insecurity is associated with compromised dietary intake and quality among Lebanese mothers: Findings from a national cross-sectional study

Jomaa, Lamis H.; Naja, Farah A.; Kharroubi, Samer A.; Diab El-Harakeh, Marwa H.; Hwalla, Nahla C. (Cambridge University Press, 2020)

Objective: Examine the associations between household food insecurity (HFI) with sociodemographic, anthropometric and dietary intakes of mothers.Design: Cross-sectional survey (2014-2015). In addition to a sociodemographic ...
Food insecurity is associated with lower adherence to the Mediterranean dietary pattern among Lebanese adolescents: a cross-sectional national study

Naja, Farah A.; Itani, Leila; Kharroubi, Samer A.; Diab El-Harakeh, Marwa H.; Hwalla, Nahla C.; Jomaa, Lamis H. (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2020)

Purpose: To derive dietary patterns (DPs) of Lebanese adolescents (10–18 years) and evaluate associations between identified DPs and household food insecurity (HFI). Methods: Data on adolescents (n = 693) were drawn from ...
Food insecurity is associated with suboptimal sleep quality, but not sleep duration, among low-income Head Start children of pre-school age

Na, Muzi; Eagleton, Sally G.; Jomaa, Lamis H.; Lawton, Kristen; Savage, Jennifer S. (Cambridge University Press, 2020)

Objective: To examine the association between food insecurity and child sleep outcomes and to investigate whether parent psychosocial factors mediate such associations.Design: Cross-sectional study. Usual wake time and ...

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