Omar A. Alhaj

Mediterranean Diet Adherence and Cardiometabolic, Inflammatory, Hormonal, Body Composition, and Behavioral Health Profiles in Physically Active Young Adults: An Analytical Cross-Sectional Study

Background: The Mediterranean Diet (MD) is linked to better cardiometabolic and inflammatory health, but its relationships with appetite-related hormones, body composition, and behavioral health remain unclear in physically active young adults from understudied Arab settings. Obj...

Night eating syndrome as a metabolic-inflammatory disorder: comprehensive phenotyping through a cross-sectional analytical study in middle eastern young adults

Abstract Background Night Eating Syndrome (NES) is characterized by evening hyperphagia and eating at night and has important metabolic and psychological implications. Despite growing clinical awareness, extensive research that integrates appetite-regulating and stress hormones,...