PMID- 31405679
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20200106
LR  - 20200106
IS  - 1878-0334 (Electronic)
IS  - 1871-4021 (Linking)
VI  - 13
IP  - 4
DP  - 2019 Jul-Aug
TI  - Added sugar: Nutritional knowledge and consumption pattern of a principal driver 
      of obesity and diabetes among undergraduates in UAE.
PG  - 2579-2584
LID - S1871-4021(19)30380-7 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.dsx.2019.06.031 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Recently, youth intake of added sugar has been growing. The incidence 
      of obesity and type 2 diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) has risen dramatically in parallel 
      with these changes. Excess added sugar is a key risk factor for weight gain and 
      T2DM in many cohort studies. The current study was implemented to examine the 
      nutritional knowledge, attitude and practice pattern among UAE undergraduates. 
      METHOD: Random sampling was used to approach 400 undergraduate students from UAE. 
      The data analysis was performed by using SPSS version 24. A correlation analysis 
      was performed using Pearson and Spearman correlation tests. Statistical analysis 
      was conducted using Chi-square test, T-test, and Kruskal Wallis test. RESULTS: 
      Added sugar consumption is widely prevalent among university students in UAE. 
      Only 19% of the enrolled sample scored high nutritional knowledge level and 56% 
      of the students were considered heavy consumers. White sugar was the preferred 
      added sweeteners among 90% of the sample. CONCLUSION: Our study outcomes 
      recommend that strategies that can successfully reduce added sugar might be a 
      significant stage concerning reversing the devastating escalating trends in 
      diabetes, obesity, and promoting health of all populations in UAE.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2019 Diabetes India. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Khawaja, Amal H
AU  - Khawaja AH
AD  - Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Ajman 
      University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.
FAU - Qassim, Sundos
AU  - Qassim S
AD  - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 
      Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.
FAU - Hassan, Nageeb Agm
AU  - Hassan NA
AD  - Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Ajman 
      University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.
FAU - Arafa, El-Shaimaa A
AU  - Arafa EA
AD  - Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Ajman 
      University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates. Electronic address: e.arafa@ajman.ac.ae.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20190704
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Diabetes Metab Syndr
JT  - Diabetes & metabolic syndrome
JID - 101462250
RN  - 0 (Dietary Sugars)
RN  - 0 (Sweetening Agents)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Cohort Studies
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*epidemiology/etiology
MH  - Dietary Sugars/*adverse effects
MH  - Energy Intake
MH  - Female
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - *Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Humans
MH  - Incidence
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/*epidemiology/etiology
MH  - Students/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Sweetening Agents/adverse effects
MH  - United Arab Emirates/epidemiology
MH  - Universities
MH  - Weight Gain/*drug effects
MH  - Young Adult
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Added sugars
OT  - Diabetes
OT  - Obesity
OT  - Sugar-sweetened beverages
OT  - Sugary drinks
EDAT- 2019/08/14 06:00
MHDA- 2020/01/07 06:00
CRDT- 2019/08/14 06:00
PHST- 2019/06/02 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/06/27 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/08/14 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2019/08/14 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/01/07 06:00 [medline]
AID - S1871-4021(19)30380-7 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.dsx.2019.06.031 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Diabetes Metab Syndr. 2019 Jul-Aug;13(4):2579-2584. doi: 
      10.1016/j.dsx.2019.06.031. Epub 2019 Jul 4.