Public’s calorie literacy and perceived effectiveness of restaurant menu calorie labeling in the United Arab Emirates

• Leila Cheikh Ismail ,

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

  * E-mail: lcheikhismail@sharjah.ac.ae

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, Nuffield Department of Women’s & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3048-7481

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• Hanin Kassem,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE

  https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8216-1628

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• Tareq M. Osaili,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE, Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan

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• Mona Hashim,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE

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• Reyad Obaid,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE

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• Hadia Radwan,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE

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• Maysm N. Mohamad,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE

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• Sheima T. Saleh,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE

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• Zein Al Zomut,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Jordanian Society for Food and Nutrition, Amman, Jordan

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• Salma Abu Qiyas,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE

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• Radhiya Al Rajaby,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE

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• Rameez Al Daour,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE

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• Habiba I. Ali,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE

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• Lily Stojanovska,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Nutrition and Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE, Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia

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• Ayesha S. Al Dhaheri

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE

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