Imperial College London
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ProfessorSalmanRawaf

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Director of WHO Collaborating Centre
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 8814s.rawaf

 
 
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Assistant

 

Ms Ela Augustyniak +44 (0)20 7594 8603

 
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Location

 

311Reynolds BuildingCharing Cross Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Alshaikh:2018:10.1016/j.jtumed.2018.06.001,
author = {Alshaikh, MK and Rawaf, S and Quezada-Yamamoto, H},
doi = {10.1016/j.jtumed.2018.06.001},
journal = {Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences},
pages = {444--451},
title = {Cardiovascular risk and fruit and vegetable consumption among women in KSA. A cross-sectional study},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtumed.2018.06.001},
volume = {13},
year = {2018}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - ObjectivesThis study aims to assess fruit and vegetable consumption among Saudi women to identify perceived benefits and barriers associated with a healthy diet in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk prevention and to correlate Framingham risk scores (FRSs) with the perceived barriers.MethodsA questionnaire adapted from the Health Beliefs Related to Cardiovascular Disease Scale was administered to women attending a primary care centre in KSA. In addition to descriptive statistics, a chi-square test and multiple linear regression analysis were used to determine the association between perceptions of benefit and barriers with FRS categories and between mean FRS and perceived barriers.ResultsA total of 503 women were included in this study, and 75% of the women were older than 45 years. More than 60% of women were obese, and 97% consumed 1–3 fruit and vegetable servings per day, whereas only 1.4% consumed fruits and vegetables 5 or more times per day. The majority of women were aware of the benefits of a healthy diet in CVD prevention. No significant difference between FRS and perceived benefits or barriers was observed. Barriers across the low- to high-risk groups included a lack of knowledge about a ‘healthy diet’, insufficient time to cook, food affordability, and having more important problems. Women who disagreed on barriers had negative beta coefficients for the mean FRS (p < 0.03).ConclusionsIn this study cohort, fruit and vegetable intake was lower than the recommended guidelines. Despite awareness of the benefits of a healthy diet in CVD prevention, very few women understood the true meaning of ‘healthy diet’. A direct association between FRS and perceptions/barriers could not be validated. Perceived barriers could be addressed by integrating innovative educational campaigns to existing models of the Healthy Food Plan.
AU  - Alshaikh,MK
AU  - Rawaf,S
AU  - Quezada-Yamamoto,H
DO  - 10.1016/j.jtumed.2018.06.001
EP  - 451
PY  - 2018///
SN  - 1658-3612
SP  - 444
TI  - Cardiovascular risk and fruit and vegetable consumption among women in KSA. A cross-sectional study
T2  - Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtumed.2018.06.001
UR  - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1658361218300635?via%3Dihub
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/60979
VL  - 13
ER  -
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