Impact of Ramadan Fasting on Dietary Intakes Among Healthy Adults: A Year-Round Comparative Study
Religious rituals are considered among the principle factors that impact dietary behaviors and food selections. The main objective of this study is to characterize food intake among Lebanese adults observant of the fasting month of Ramadan and compare it to their intake of the rest of the year. Duri...
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| author | Hibeh Shatila Mariam Baroudi Raeda El Sayed Ahmad Rana Chehab Michele R. Forman Nada Abbas MoezAlIslam Faris Farah Naja Farah Naja |
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| description | Religious rituals are considered among the principle factors that impact dietary behaviors and food selections. The main objective of this study is to characterize food intake among Lebanese adults observant of the fasting month of Ramadan and compare it to their intake of the rest of the year. During a year-round study, including the month of Ramadan, Lebanese adults (n = 62), completed multiple (9 to 13) 24-h dietary recalls. Information about sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics was also obtained. Dietary intake was examined using food groups as well as energy, macro, and micronutrient consumption. Significant differences in dietary intakes were observed for 12 of the 19 food groups (expressed as a percent of total energy) during Ramadan as compared to the rest of the year. More specifically, the intakes of cereals, cereal-based products, pasta, eggs, nuts and seeds, milk and dairy, and fats and oils were lower, while vegetables, dried fruit, Arabic sweets, cakes and pastries, and sugar-sweetened-beverages intakes were higher during Ramadan as compared to the remainder of the year (p < 0.05). Such differences in food groups' intakes were reflected in nutrients intakes, including carbohydrates, cholesterol, calcium, beta-carotene, vitamin C, folate, and magnesium. The findings of this study highlighted major differences in dietary intakes between the fasting month as compared to the rest of the year. With the large number of adults who observe fasting during Ramadan, the particularities of dietary intake during Ramadan ought to be considered in the development of context and culture-specific dietary recommendations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-aefe8a67c7ce42cc920655dfc257448a2022-12-21T21:32:07ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Nutrition2296-861X2021-08-01810.3389/fnut.2021.689788689788Impact of Ramadan Fasting on Dietary Intakes Among Healthy Adults: A Year-Round Comparative StudyHibeh Shatila0Mariam Baroudi1Raeda El Sayed Ahmad2Rana Chehab3Michele R. Forman4Nada Abbas5MoezAlIslam Faris6Farah Naja7Farah Naja8Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, LebanonDepartment of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, LebanonDepartment of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, LebanonNutrition Sciences, College of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United StatesNutrition Sciences, College of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United StatesDepartment of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, LebanonDepartment of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences, Research Institute of Medical & Health Sciences (RIMHS), University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesDepartment of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences, Research Institute of Medical & Health Sciences (RIMHS), University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesFaculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, LebanonReligious rituals are considered among the principle factors that impact dietary behaviors and food selections. The main objective of this study is to characterize food intake among Lebanese adults observant of the fasting month of Ramadan and compare it to their intake of the rest of the year. During a year-round study, including the month of Ramadan, Lebanese adults (n = 62), completed multiple (9 to 13) 24-h dietary recalls. Information about sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics was also obtained. Dietary intake was examined using food groups as well as energy, macro, and micronutrient consumption. Significant differences in dietary intakes were observed for 12 of the 19 food groups (expressed as a percent of total energy) during Ramadan as compared to the rest of the year. More specifically, the intakes of cereals, cereal-based products, pasta, eggs, nuts and seeds, milk and dairy, and fats and oils were lower, while vegetables, dried fruit, Arabic sweets, cakes and pastries, and sugar-sweetened-beverages intakes were higher during Ramadan as compared to the remainder of the year (p < 0.05). Such differences in food groups' intakes were reflected in nutrients intakes, including carbohydrates, cholesterol, calcium, beta-carotene, vitamin C, folate, and magnesium. The findings of this study highlighted major differences in dietary intakes between the fasting month as compared to the rest of the year. With the large number of adults who observe fasting during Ramadan, the particularities of dietary intake during Ramadan ought to be considered in the development of context and culture-specific dietary recommendations.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2021.689788/fullfastingdietary changeethnic groupfoodcultureintermittent fastingRamadan |
| spellingShingle | Hibeh Shatila Mariam Baroudi Raeda El Sayed Ahmad Rana Chehab Michele R. Forman Nada Abbas MoezAlIslam Faris Farah Naja Farah Naja Impact of Ramadan Fasting on Dietary Intakes Among Healthy Adults: A Year-Round Comparative Study Frontiers in Nutrition fasting dietary change ethnic group foodculture intermittent fasting Ramadan |
| title | Impact of Ramadan Fasting on Dietary Intakes Among Healthy Adults: A Year-Round Comparative Study |
| title_full | Impact of Ramadan Fasting on Dietary Intakes Among Healthy Adults: A Year-Round Comparative Study |
| title_fullStr | Impact of Ramadan Fasting on Dietary Intakes Among Healthy Adults: A Year-Round Comparative Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of Ramadan Fasting on Dietary Intakes Among Healthy Adults: A Year-Round Comparative Study |
| title_short | Impact of Ramadan Fasting on Dietary Intakes Among Healthy Adults: A Year-Round Comparative Study |
| title_sort | impact of ramadan fasting on dietary intakes among healthy adults a year round comparative study |
| topic | fasting dietary change ethnic group foodculture intermittent fasting Ramadan |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2021.689788/full |
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