Emirates Heart Health Project (EHHP): A protocol for a stepped-wedge family-cluster randomized-controlled trial of a health-coach guided diet and exercise intervention to reduce weight and cardiovascular risk in overweight and obese UAE nationals

• Jeffrey K. King,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Home Based Primary Care, Division of Geriatrics and Extended Care, Greater Los Angeles, Department of Veterans Affairs, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4974-9904

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• Mohamud Sheek-Hussein,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Nico J. D. Nagelkerke,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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• Alexander Kieu ,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: akieu@uaeu.ac.ae

  Affiliations Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Kanad Hospital, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5434-9705

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• Saif Al-Shamsi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9755-3493

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• Javaid Nauman,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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• Nicholas Hoque,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Kanad Hospital, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2574-1502

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• Romona D. Govender,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3393-9594

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• Iffat ElBarazi,

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

  Affiliation Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7151-2175

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• Kristoffer Crawford

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kanad Hospital, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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