Study protocol: Mother and Infant Nutritional Assessment (MINA) cohort study in Qatar and Lebanon

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Authors

Farah Naja · American University of Beirut

Lara Nasreddine · American University of Beirut

Al Anoud Al Thani · Supreme Council Of Health

Khalid Yunis · American University of Beirut Medical Center

Michael Clinton · American University of Beirut

Anwar H. Nassar · American University of Beirut Medical Center

Sara Farhat Jarrar

Abstract

The Mother and Infant Nutritional Assessment study protocol provides a model for collaborations between countries of different socio-economic levels within the same region to improve research efficiency in the field of early nutrition thus potentially leading to healthier pregnancies, mothers, infants, and children.

Topics & Keywords

Child Nutrition and Water Access Birth, Development, and Health Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volume 16, Issue 1, pp. 98-98

DOI: 10.1186/s12884-016-0864-5

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