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| Drora FraserSummaryAffiliation: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Country: Israel Publications
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Differences in food intake and disparity in obesity rates between adult Jews and Bedouins in southern IsraelDrora Fraser
S Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, POB 653, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
Ethn Dis 18:13-8. 2008..The goal of this study was to compare eating patterns of Jews and Muslim Bedouins and investigate possible dietary causes for discrepancy in obesity rates...
Assessing individual dietary intake from common-plate meals: a new tool for an enduring practiceKathleen Abu-Saad
S Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, POB 653, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
Public Health Nutr 12:2464-72. 2009....- Diet and eating habits in high and low socioeconomic groupsDanit Shahar
The S Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Nutrition 21:559-66. 2005..We measured the difference of dietary intake and eating habits across socioeconomic statuses (SESs) in Israel... - Dairy calcium intake, serum vitamin D, and successful weight lossDanit R Shahar
S Daniel Abraham Center for Health and Nutrition and the Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Am J Clin Nutr 92:1017-22. 2010..The role of dairy calcium intake and serum vitamin D concentrations in weight loss is controversial... - Weight loss with a low-carbohydrate, Mediterranean, or low-fat dietIris Shai
S Daniel Abraham Center for Health and Nutrition, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
N Engl J Med 359:229-41. 2008..Trials comparing the effectiveness and safety of weight-loss diets are frequently limited by short follow-up times and high dropout rates... 
Characteristics of undernourished older medical patients and the identification of predictors for undernutrition statusIlana Feldblum
The S, Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Nutr J 6:37. 2007..The purpose of the current study is to compare malnourished elderly patients with those at nutritional risk and identify factors contributing to the variability between the groups...- Bread type intake is associated with lifestyle and diet quality transition among Bedouin Arab adultsKathleen Abu-Saad
S Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition, Department of Epidemiology and Health Services Evaluation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Br J Nutr 102:1513-22. 2009..White bread intake was associated with a less traditional lifestyle and poorer diet quality, and may constitute a useful marker for at-risk subgroups to target for nutritional interventions... - Effect of changes in the intake of weight of specific food groups on successful body weight loss during a multi-dietary strategy intervention trialAyala Canfi
Nuclear Research Center Negev, Dimona, Israel
J Am Coll Nutr 30:491-501. 2011..Distinct weight loss dietary strategies are associated with changes in specific food groups... - Development of a semi-quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) to assess dietary intake of multiethnic populationsDanit Shahar
The S Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Eur J Epidemiol 18:855-61. 2003..The newly developed FFQ for the Negev population includes 126 items that are sufficient to rank the nutritional exposure of people over 35 years old from the three origin groups in Israel... - Does dairy calcium intake enhance weight loss among overweight diabetic patients?Danit R Shahar
The S Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, POB 653, Beer Sheva 84105 Israel
Diabetes Care 30:485-9. 2007..To examine the effect of dairy calcium consumption on weight loss and improvement in cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes indicators among overweight diabetic patients... - Development of a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) for an elderly population based on a population surveyDanit Shahar
The S Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
J Nutr 133:3625-9. 2003..Further studies are required to compare the validity of existing tools adapted for the elderly to those developed on the basis of population surveys... - Efficacy of multiple micronutrient supplementations on child health: study design and baseline characteristicsNatalya Bilenko
Department of Epidemiology and Health Services Evaluation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Isr Med Assoc J 12:342-7. 2010..A daily dose of "Sprinkles" (SuppleForte, Heinz, Canada), a micronutrient home supplementation, was proven effective for the treatment of anemia worldwide... - Partial breastfeeding protects Bedouin infants from infection and morbidity: prospective cohort studyNatalya Bilenko
Department of Epidemiology and Health Services Evaluation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, POBox 653, Beer Sheva, 84105, Israel
Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 17:243-9. 2008..Thus, encouraging mothers to continue to at least partially breastfeed past age 3 months may help reduce infections and morbidity in infants... - Intestinal protein loss in acute and persistent diarrhea of early childhoodZvi Weizman
Soroka Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
J Clin Gastroenterol 34:427-9. 2002..To determine fecal protein loss in children with acute and persistent diarrhea... - Reduction of nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae after administration of a 9-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine to toddlers attending day care centersRon Dagan
Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva 84101, Israel
J Infect Dis 185:927-36. 2002..The rate of carriage of non-vaccine-type pneumococci (excluding serotype 6A) was higher in the pneumococcal-vaccine group than in the control group... - Serum serotype-specific pneumococcal anticapsular immunoglobulin g concentrations after immunization with a 9-valent conjugate pneumococcal vaccine correlate with nasopharyngeal acquisition of pneumococcusRon Dagan
Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Center and the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
J Infect Dis 192:367-76. 2005..We attempted to correlate postvaccination serum serotype-specific pneumococcal anticapsular immunoglobulin (Ig) G concentrations with new acquisitions of vaccine-type (VT) serotypes and the VT-related serotype 6A... - Does co-infection with Giardia lamblia modulate the clinical characteristics of enteric infections in young children?Natalya Bilenko
Epidemiology and Health Services Evaluation Department, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Eur J Epidemiol 19:877-83. 2004..In this study we examined the hypothesis that G. lamblia may modulate the effect of other enteric pathogens during concurrent infection... - Nutritional behavior as a predictor of early success after vertical gastroplastyAline Israel
Nutrition Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Obes Surg 15:88-94. 2005.... - Pediatric epilepsy and parental sleep qualityDavid Shaki
Department of Pediatrics, Saban Pediatric Center, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
J Clin Sleep Med 7:502-6. 2011..To evaluate the effects of pediatric epilepsy on sleep in parents of epileptic children... - Adaptation of international nutrition databases and data-entry system tools to a specific populationIris Shai
S Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, PO Box 653, 84105, Israel
Public Health Nutr 6:401-6. 2003..To develop a nutritional dietary intake database based on available reliable international nutritional databases adapted to the local needs of a specific population... - Glycemic effects of moderate alcohol intake among patients with type 2 diabetes: a multicenter, randomized, clinical intervention trialIris Shai
S Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition, Department of Epidemiology and Health Systems Evaluation, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, P O Box 653, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
Diabetes Care 30:3011-6. 2007..In a randomized controlled trial, we assessed the effect of daily moderate alcohol intake on glycemic control in the fasting and postprandial states in patients with type 2 diabetes who previously had abstained from alcohol... - Effect of a nonavalent conjugate vaccine on carriage of antibiotic-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in day-care centersRon Dagan
Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Center and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Pediatr Infect Dis J 22:532-40. 2003..pneumoniae, including multiply resistant S. pneumoniae, in DCC attendees is high. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines seem to be an important tool for reducing the carriage rate of antibiotic-resistant pneumonia in DCCs... - Vaccination of day-care center attendees reduces carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae among their younger siblingsNoga Givon-Lavi
Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Center and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Pediatr Infect Dis J 22:524-32. 2003..CONCLUSION: The marked effect of PnCRM9 administration to DCC attendees on carriage of VT and antibiotic-resistant S. pneumoniae among their younger household close contacts demonstrates a herd effect of the vaccine... - Selection of food items for inclusion in a newly developed food-frequency questionnaireIris Shai
Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Public Health Nutr 7:745-9. 2004..Producing lists of "discriminating items" can be a useful application in developing mini-FFQs for selected nutrients... - Nutritional status and diarrheal illness as independent risk factors for alveolar pneumoniaChristian L Coles
Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel
Am J Epidemiol 162:999-1007. 2005..Results suggest that improving antenatal care and the nutritional status of infants may reduce the risk of CAAP in Bedouin children. Furthermore, they suggest that vaccines developed to prevent diarrhea may also lower the risk of CAAP... - Mediterranean diet and cardiovascular diseases in an Israeli populationNatalya Bilenko
The S. Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Prev Med 40:299-305. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: The current rate of MD in Israel is fairly low. Given the MD's proven preventive effect and local availability of foods, a reasonably priced MD diet can be devised and recommended widely in our population... - Dietary evaluation and attenuation of relative risk: multiple comparisons between blood and urinary biomarkers, food frequency, and 24-hour recall questionnaires: the DEARR studyIris Shai
Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
J Nutr 135:573-9. 2005..The DEARR study showed that the newly developed FFQ is a valid and reproducible instrument for assessing dietary intake. The VCs obtained can be used for future adjustment of diet-disease RR estimates in this population... - Spread of Streptococcus pneumoniae and antibiotic-resistant S. pneumoniae from day-care center attendees to their younger siblingsNoga Givon-Lavi
Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Center and the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
J Infect Dis 186:1608-14. 2002..Vaccinating DCC attendees with a 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine may play a key role in controlling the spread of antibiotic-resistant pneumococci, because the most resistant serotypes are included in the vaccine... - Maternal anemia during pregnancy is an independent risk factor for low birthweight and preterm deliveryAmalia Levy
Department of Epidemiology and Health Services Evaluation, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 122:182-6. 2005..2; 95% CI 1.1-1.2, p < 0.001) and low birthweight (OR = 1.1; 95% CI 1.1-1.2, p = 0.001). CONCLUSION: Maternal anemia influences birthweight and preterm delivery, but in our population, is not associated with adverse perinatal outcome... - Child Nutrition Initiative in Israel and Palestine: Status of food security, micronutrient malnutrition, and behavioral change and communication programsAron M Troen
Ben Gurion University, Beersheba, Israel
Food Nutr Bull 27:180-5. 2006 - Anemia as a risk factor for infectious diseases in infants and toddlers: results from a prospective studyAmalia Levy
S. Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Eur J Epidemiol 20:277-84. 2005..The possibility that reducing anemia in infants may be a preventive measure to lower disease burden from infectious disease in this and other vulnerable populations should be tested in further studies...