Tahrir M Aldhirgham

Mrs. Tahrir M Aldhirgham

Saudi Food and Drug Authority
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Academic Career Length

4Years (2023-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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24 March 2023 in Journal of Food Composition and Analysis
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TATahrir M Aldhirgham
Tahrir M Aldhirgham
NANouf Alammari
Nouf Alammari
GAGhzail M. Aljameel
Ghzail M. Aljameel
AAAishah Alzuwaydi
Aishah Alzuwaydi
SASarah A. Almasoud
Sarah A. Almasoud
AAAmani S. Alqahtani
Amani S. Alqahtani

22 March 2023 in Nutrition Journal
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TATahrir M Aldhirgham
Tahrir M Aldhirgham
LALulu A. Almutairi
Lulu A. Almutairi
AAAtheer S. Alraqea
Atheer S. Alraqea
AAAmani S. Alqahtani
Amani S. Alqahtani
Background: Obesity and chronic diseases are significant public health issues in the Middle East and North Africa region. A robust body of evidence demonstrated the association between beverage consumption, obesity, and chronic diseases. Therefore, the assessment of beverage consumption is gaining more interest in health policy development, food industry partnerships, research expansion and community involvement. Although beverage-consumption assessment tools have been developed for various populations, none were developed for the Arabic population. In this study, we developed and validated an online Arabic Beverage Frequency Questionnaire (ABFQ) to assess the total beverage intake among Arabic speaking population.Methods: A cross-sectional validation study was conducted among healthy adults aged between 18 and 55 years. Participants (n = 49) completed a 24-item ABFQ on two occasions and provided one 24-h urine sample. For validity, total beverage consumption (ABFQ1) was assessed against a 24-h urine sample using an osmolality test and correlation analysis. Reliability was assessed by comparing the participants’ consumption in total and for every 24 individual items from ABFQ1 with the total and individual items in ABFQ2 using correlation and paired sample t-test.Results: The average daily consumption of beverages was 1504 ml/day, while the average urine osmolality/kg was 614. The validity assessment between ABFQ and urine osmolality indicates a negative correlation. However, the correlation was week and not statistically significant (rs = -0.2,p = 0.12). In reliability test, correlation analysis was positive and acceptable in all beverage categories (rs = 0.4 − 0.9; allp < 0.05) except flavored milk (rs = 0.2;p < 0.181) and sweetened coffee (rs = 0.3;p < 0.022). Furthermore, no significant differences were found between the means of total consumption in both ABFQ1 and ABFQ2.Conclusions: The finding of this study suggest that the ABFQ is a reliable reproducible tool for assessing beverage consumption among Arabic-speaking consumers. However, the survey could not be validated using 24-h urine osmolality only and other methods such as multi dietary records may use in future re-assessment.

16 August 2026 in Journal of Food Composition and Analysis
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MAMunirah Nasser Alsuhaibani
Munirah Nasser Alsuhaibani
AAAtheer S. Alragea
Atheer S. Alragea
TATagreed M. Alfuraih
Tagreed M. Alfuraih
FBFaisal F. BinSunaid
Faisal F. BinSunaid
TATahrir M Aldhirgham
Tahrir M Aldhirgham