Exploring the validity and internal consistency of the 12-point Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener among Lebanese pregnant women

• Rana Rizk,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Nutrition and Food Science, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon, Institut National de Santé Publique, d’Épidémiologie Clinique et de Toxicologie-Liban (INSPECT-LB), Beirut, Lebanon

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8850-6502

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• Maroun Khattar,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Faculty of Public Health, PHENOL Research Group (Public Health Nutrition Program-Lebanon), Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon

  https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7253-1630

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• Pascale Salameh,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institut National de Santé Publique, d’Épidémiologie Clinique et de Toxicologie-Liban (INSPECT-LB), Beirut, Lebanon, Faculty of Pharmacy, Lebanese University, Hadath, Lebanon, Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4780-0772

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• Rana Mahfouz,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Jounieh, Lebanon

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• Yonna Sacre ,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: yonnasacre@usek.edu.lb (YS); m.hoteit@ul.edu.lb (MH)

  Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Jounieh, Lebanon

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• Maha Hoteit

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

  * E-mail: yonnasacre@usek.edu.lb (YS); m.hoteit@ul.edu.lb (MH)

  Affiliations Institut National de Santé Publique, d’Épidémiologie Clinique et de Toxicologie-Liban (INSPECT-LB), Beirut, Lebanon, Faculty of Public Health, PHENOL Research Group (Public Health Nutrition Program-Lebanon), Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon, Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7392-4835

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