The UAE healthy future study: a pilot for a prospective cohort study of 20,000 United Arab Emirates nationals

• Main Authors: Abdishakur Abdulle (Author), Abdullah Alnaeemi (Author), Abdullah Aljunaibi (Author), Abdulrahman Al Ali (Author), Khaled Al Saedi (Author), Eiman Al Zaabi (Author), Naima Oumeziane (Author), Marina Al Bastaki (Author), Mohammed Al-Houqani (Author), Fatma Al Maskari (Author), Ayesha Al Dhaheri (Author), Syed M. Shah (Author), Tom Loney (Author), Mohamed El-Sadig (Author), Abderrahim Oulhaj (Author), Leila Abdel Wareth (Author), Wael Al Mahmeed (Author), Habiba Alsafar (Author), Benjamin Hirsch (Author), Fatme Al Anouti (Author), Jamila Yaaqoub (Author), Claire K. Inman (Author), Aisha Al Hamiz (Author), Ayesha Al Hosani (Author), Muna Haji (Author), Teeb Alsharid (Author), Thekra Al Zaabi (Author), Fatima Al Maisary (Author), Divya Galani (Author), Tim Sprosen (Author), Omar El Shahawy (Author), Jiyoung Ahn (Author), Tomas Kirchhoff (Author), Ravichandran Ramasamy (Author), Ann Marie Schmidt (Author), Richard Hayes (Author), Scott Sherman (Author), Raghib Ali (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is faced with a rapidly increasing burden of non-communicable diseases including obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. The UAE Healthy Future study is a prospective cohort designed to identify associations between risk factors and these dis...