About the Authors

Farah Naja

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Research Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Haydar Hassan

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Research Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Hadia Radwan

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Research Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Fares Kellany

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Leila Cheikh Ismail

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Research Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Mona Hashim

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Research Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Wafa Helmi Rida

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Public Health and Prevention Department, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Salma Abu Qiyas

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Mohamad Alameddine

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

malameddine@sharjah.ac.ae

Affiliations Research Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Department of Health Care Management, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.