Sex disparities in food consumption patterns, dietary diversity and determinants of self-reported body weight changes before and amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 10 Arab countries

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Human Nutrition, College of Health Sciences, Qatar University (QU)-Health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.
• ² Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
• ³ Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Mu'tah University, Karak, Jordan.
• ⁴ Faculty of Science IV, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon.
• ⁵ National Nutrition Committee, Saudi Food and Drug Authority, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• ⁶ Department of Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Madinah, Saudi Arabia.
• ⁷ Department of Health Sciences, College of Natural and Health Sciences, Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
• ⁸ Department of Computer Science, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine.
• ⁹ Department of Computer Engineering, Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey.
• ¹⁰ National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
• ¹¹ Public Authority for Applied Education and Training, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
• ¹² Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Bahrain, Zallaq, Bahrain.
• ¹³ Food Science and Nutrition Department, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
• ¹⁴ Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Health Sciences Faculty, American University of Madaba, Madaba, Jordan.
• ¹⁵ Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan.
• ¹⁶ Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, Faculty of Al-Huson University College, Al-Balqa Applied University, As-Salt, Jordan.
• ¹⁷ Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
• ¹⁸ Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
• ¹⁹ Department of Faculty of Medicine, Al Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine.
• ²⁰ Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon.
• ²¹ PHENOL Research Group (Public Health Nutrition Program Lebanon), Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebano.
• ²² Lebanese University Nutrition Surveillance Center, Lebanese Food Drugs and Chemical Administrations, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon.
• ²³ University Medical Center, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon.