Hala Ghattas

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
111 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Hala Ghattas is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Nutrition and Dietetics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Hala Ghattas has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in General Health Professions, 41 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 15 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Hala Ghattas's work include Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (40 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (35 papers) and Migration, Health and Trauma (9 papers). Hala Ghattas is often cited by papers focused on Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (40 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (35 papers) and Migration, Health and Trauma (9 papers). Hala Ghattas collaborates with scholars based in Lebanon, United Kingdom and United States. Hala Ghattas's co-authors include Chaza Akik, Derek C. Macallan, Peter C. L. Beverley, Diana L. Wallace, George E. Griffin, Nadine R. Sahyoun, Andrew Worth, David F. Tough, Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer and Becca Asquith and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Hala Ghattas

104 papers receiving 2.9k citations

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The effects of iron fortification on the gut microbiota in African children: a randomized controlled trial in Côte d'Ivoire

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Social Determinants of Self-Reported Health in Vulnerable Populations During a Polycrisis in Lebanon 2025 ·JAMA Network Open ·(unknown), (unknown), Hala Ghattas, Stephen J. McCall, (unknown), Nada M. Melhem, Fadi El‐Jardali, Jocelyn DeJong, (unknown)	0
2	Urban school neighbourhoods dominated by unhealthy food retailers and advertisements in Greater Tunis: a geospatial study in the midst of the nutrition transition 2024 ·Public Health Nutrition ·Christelle Akl, (unknown), (unknown), Aline Semaan, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Chaza Akik, Jalila El Ati, Pierre Traissac, Hala Ghattas	0
3	Post‐term births as a risk factor for small for gestational age births and infant mortality in Brazil, Mexico, and Palestinian refugees: An analysis of electronic birth records 2024 ·Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology ·Zeina Jamaluddine, Lorena Suárez‐Idueta, Enny S. Paixão, Júlia Moreira Pescarini, Hala Ghattas, (unknown), Akihiro Seita, (unknown), Maurício L. Barreto, Eric O. Ohuma, Louise T. Day, Oona M. R. Campbell, Hannah Blencowe	3
4	Predicting poor mental health among older Syrian refugees in Lebanon during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nested cross-sectional study 2024 ·BMJ Global Health ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Abla Mehio Sibai, Carlos F. Mendes de Leon, (unknown), (unknown), Sawsan Abdulrahim, Hala Ghattas, Stephen J. McCall	1
5	Capturing children food exposure using wearable cameras and deep learning 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Shady Elbassuoni, Hala Ghattas, Jalila El Ati, (unknown), Aline Semaan, Christelle Akl, (unknown), Reem Talhouk, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	4
6	DeepNOVA: A Deep Learning NOVA Classifier for Food Images 2022 ·IEEE Access ·Shady Elbassuoni, Hala Ghattas, Jalila El Ati, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Aline Semaan, Christelle Akl, (unknown), (unknown)	12
7	Refugee Food Insecurity & Technology: Surfacing Experiences of Adaptation, Navigation, Negotiation and Sharing 2022 ·Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) ·Reem Talhouk, Kyle Montague, Hala Ghattas, Vera Araújo‐Soares, Balsam Ahmad, Madeline Balaam	10
8	Does a school snack make a difference? An evaluation of the World Food Programme emergency school feeding programme in Lebanon among Lebanese and Syrian refugee children 2022 ·Public Health Nutrition ·Zeina Jamaluddine, Chaza Akik, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Hala Ghattas	4
9	Development, Validity, and Cross-Context Equivalence of the Child Food Insecurity Experiences Scale for Assessing Food Insecurity of School-Age Children and Adolescents 2022 ·Journal of Nutrition ·Edward A. Frongillo, Maryah Stella Fram, Hala Ghattas, Jennifer Bernal, Zeina Jamaluddine, Sharon I. Kirkpatrick, David Hammond, Elisabetta Aurino, Sharon Wolf, Sophie Goudet, (unknown), Chika Hayashi	19
10	Validity of the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) for Use in League of Arab States (LAS) and Characteristics of Food Insecure Individuals by the Human Development Index (HDI) 2021 ·Current Developments in Nutrition ·(unknown), Wesley R. Dean, Hala Ghattas, Nadine R. Sahyoun	30
11	Integrating Health Technologies in Health Services for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon: Qualitative Study 2020 ·Journal of Medical Internet Research ·Reem Talhouk, Chaza Akik, Vera Araújo‐Soares, Balsam Ahmad, Sandra Mesmar, Patrick Olivier, Madeline Balaam, Kyle Montague, Andrew Garbett, Hala Ghattas	14
12	Child‐level double burden of malnutrition in the MENA and LAC regions: Prevalence and social determinants 2019 ·Maternal and Child Nutrition ·Hala Ghattas, Yubraj Acharya, Zeina Jamaluddine, (unknown), Khalil El Asmar, Andrew D. Jones	31
13	Food Insecurity and Subjective Wellbeing Among Arab Youth Living in Varying Contexts of Political Instability 2018 ·Journal of Adolescent Health ·(unknown), Suneetha Kadiyala, Hala Ghattas	15
14	Infant and young child feeding in emergencies: Organisational policies and activities during the refugee crisis in Lebanon 2018 ·Maternal and Child Nutrition ·(unknown), Hala Ghattas, Andrew Symon, Annie S. Anderson	25
15	Validity of the Food Insecurity Experience Scale for Use in Sub-Saharan Africa and Characteristics of Food-Insecure Individuals 2018 ·Current Developments in Nutrition ·Edwina Wambogo, Hala Ghattas, Kenneth L. Leonard, Nadine R. Sahyoun	78
16	Household Food Security Is Associated with Agricultural Livelihoods and Diet Quality in a Marginalized Community of Rural Bedouins in Lebanon 2013 ·Journal of Nutrition ·Hala Ghattas, (unknown), Mark Nord, Rami Zurayk, Nadine R. Sahyoun	19
17	Measurement of proliferation and disappearance of rapid turnover cell populations in human studies using deuterium-labeled glucose 2009 ·Nature Protocols ·Derek C. Macallan, Becca Asquith, Yan Zhang, Catherine de Lara, Hala Ghattas, Julien Defoiche, Peter C. L. Beverley	37
18	Host-Pathogen Interactions: Can Micronutrients Tip the Balance?1 2007 ·Journal of Nutrition ·Andrew M. Prentice, Hala Ghattas, Sharon E. Cox	32
19	Direct Measurement of T Cell Subset Kinetics In Vivo in Elderly Men and Women 2004 ·The Journal of Immunology ·Diana L. Wallace, Yan Zhang, Hala Ghattas, Andrew Worth, Andrew F. Irvine, Andrea R. Bennett, George E. Griffin, Peter C. L. Beverley, David F. Tough, Derek C. Macallan	86
20	Rapid Turnover of Effector–Memory CD4+ T Cells in Healthy Humans 2004 ·The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Derek C. Macallan, Diana L. Wallace, Yan Zhang, Catherine de Lara, Andrew Worth, Hala Ghattas, George E. Griffin, Peter C. L. Beverley, David F. Tough	144

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