Nahla Hwalla

30.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
156 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Nahla Hwalla is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Nutrition and Dietetics and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nahla Hwalla has authored 156 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 70 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 38 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Nahla Hwalla's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (71 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (48 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (48 papers). Nahla Hwalla is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (71 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (48 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (48 papers). Nahla Hwalla collaborates with scholars based in Lebanon, United States and United Arab Emirates. Nahla Hwalla's co-authors include Abla Mehio Sibai, Lara Nasreddine, Farah Naja, Nada Adra, Leila Itani, Omar Obeid, Sami T. Azar, Marie Claire Chamieh, Lamis Jomaa and Ali H. Mokdad and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Nahla Hwalla

151 papers receiving 5.0k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Energy balance and obesity: what are the main drivers?

2017 534 citations Isabelle Romieu, Laure Dossus et al. Cancer Causes & Control profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nahla Hwalla Lebanon	39	2.4k	1.4k	1.4k	947	600	156	5.2k
Kyungwon Oh South Korea	32	2.7k 1.1×	1.7k 1.2×	1.7k 1.2×	788 0.8×	869 1.4×	89	6.6k
Inge Tetens Denmark	52	4.0k 1.6×	2.3k 1.7×	2.3k 1.7×	624 0.7×	878 1.5×	237	8.1k
Cathleen Gillespie United States	45	3.1k 1.3×	1.5k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	831 0.9×	710 1.2×	109	7.5k
Shufa Du United States	31	2.5k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	876 0.6×	509 0.5×	382 0.6×	93	5.1k
Inga Þórsdóttir Iceland	38	2.5k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	566 0.6×	281 0.5×	154	4.7k
Zumin Shi Qatar	48	3.2k 1.3×	1.8k 1.3×	1.8k 1.3×	876 0.9×	1.2k 1.9×	344	8.3k
Léopold Fezeu France	47	3.6k 1.5×	792 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	407 0.4×	1.0k 1.7×	166	6.8k
Zhilei Shan China	37	1.8k 0.8×	795 0.6×	1.5k 1.1×	348 0.4×	760 1.3×	93	5.8k
Fred Paccaud Switzerland	50	2.6k 1.1×	938 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	854 0.9×	1.3k 2.2×	154	8.3k
Lorraine G. Ogden United States	37	1.7k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	338 0.4×	987 1.6×	54	6.1k

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Kharroubi, Samer, et al.. (2024). A higher global diet quality score is associated with lower risk of obesity among male university students in Lebanon: a pilot study. Frontiers in Nutrition. 11. 1479448–1479448.

Nasreddine, Lara, et al.. (2023). Anemia among Syrian Refugee Children Aged 6 to 23 Months Living in Greater Beirut, Lebanon, including the Voices of Mothers’ and Local Healthcare Staff: A Mixed-Methods Study. Nutrients. 15(3). 700–700. 5 indexed citations

Nasreddine, Lara, et al.. (2022). Infant Feeding Practices, Nutrition, and Associated Health Factors during the First Six Months of Life among Syrian Refugees in Greater Beirut, Lebanon: A Mixed Methods Study. Nutrients. 14(21). 4459–4459. 5 indexed citations

Nasreddine, Lara, et al.. (2022). Food and nutrient intake of school-aged children in Lebanon and their adherence to dietary guidelines and recommendations. BMC Public Health. 22(1). 922–922. 12 indexed citations

Naja, Farah, Nahla Hwalla, Nada Abbas, et al.. (2020). Erosion of the Mediterranean diet among adolescents: evidence from an Eastern Mediterranean Country. British Journal Of Nutrition. 125(3). 346–356. 23 indexed citations

Tamim, Hani, et al.. (2019). Prevalence and associations of behavioural risk factors with blood lipids profile in Lebanese adults: findings from WHO STEPwise NCD cross-sectional survey. BMJ Open. 9(8). e026148–e026148. 11 indexed citations

Nasreddine, Lara, Samer Kharroubi, Marie Claire Chamieh, et al.. (2019). Anthropometric Cutoffs for Increased Cardiometabolic Risk Among Lebanese Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study. Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders. 17(10). 486–493. 4 indexed citations

Naja, Farah, et al.. (2019). Nutrition in the Prevention of Breast Cancer: A Middle Eastern Perspective. Frontiers in Public Health. 7. 316–316. 25 indexed citations

Jomaa, Lamis, et al.. (2017). Household food insecurity is associated with a higher burden of obesity and risk of dietary inadequacies among mothers in Beirut, Lebanon. BMC Public Health. 17(1). 567–567. 49 indexed citations

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Romieu, Isabelle, Laure Dossus, Sı́món Barquera, et al.. (2017). Energy balance and obesity: what are the main drivers?. Cancer Causes & Control. 28(3). 247–258. 534 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sibai, Abla Mehio, Andrea Darzi, Rima Nakkash, et al.. (2016). Cigarette smoking in a Middle Eastern country and its association with hospitalisation use: a nationwide cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 6(4). e009881–e009881. 35 indexed citations

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Habib-Mourad, Carla, et al.. (2014). Health-E-PALS : promoting healthy eating and physical activity in Lebanese school children – intervention development.. Durham Research Online (Durham University). 9 indexed citations

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Weaver, Connie M., Dorothy Teegarden, Ailsa Welch, Nahla Hwalla, & Sophie A. Lelièvre. (2014). International Breast Cancer and Nutrition: A Model for Research, Training and Policy in Diet, Epigenetics, and Chronic Disease Prevention. Advances in Nutrition. 5(5). 566–567. 1 indexed citations

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Naja, Farah, et al.. (2014). Breastfeeding Knowledge, Attitude, Perceived Behavior, and Intention among Female Undergraduate University Students in the Middle East: The Case of Lebanon and Syria. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. 35(2). 179–190. 48 indexed citations

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Sibai, Abla Mehio, et al.. (2013). Physical activity in adults with and without diabetes: from the ‘high-risk’ approach to the ‘population-based’ approach of prevention. BMC Public Health. 13(1). 1002–1002. 55 indexed citations

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Naja, Farah, et al.. (2012). Dietary patterns and odds of Type 2 diabetes in Beirut, Lebanon: a case–control study. Nutrition & Metabolism. 9(1). 111–111. 51 indexed citations

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Nasreddine, Lara, Farah Naja, Marie Claire Chamieh, et al.. (2012). Trends in overweight and obesity in Lebanon: evidence from two national cross-sectional surveys (1997 and 2009).. Scopus. 14 indexed citations

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Jackson, Robert T., et al.. (2007). Comparison of BMI-for-age in adolescent girls in 3 countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region.. PubMed. 13(2). 430–40. 12 indexed citations

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Obeid, Omar, et al.. (2006). Vitamins A and E Status in an Urban Lebanese Population: A Case Study at Dar Al-Fatwa Area, Beirut. International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research. 76(1). 3–8. 9 indexed citations

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Hwalla, Nahla. (1997). Glycemic and Insulinemic Responses of Normal Subjects to Selected Meals Commonly Consumed in the Middle East. Journal of Nutritional & Environmental Medicine. 7(4). 275–286. 8 indexed citations

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