Open AccessMetabolic Syndrome Associated with Tobacco and Caffeine Products Use Among Refugee Adolescents: Risk of Dyslipidemia
Author(s) -
Basma Damiri,
Omar F. Khatib,
Zaher Nazzal,
Diala Sanduka,
Siwar Igbaria,
Ammar Thabaleh,
Ahmad Farhoud,
Lubna Saudi,
Souad Belkebir,
Rayyan Al Ali,
Mohammed Alili,
M. A. Hamdan,
Omar Safarini,
Omar Younis
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.853
H-Index - 43
ISSN - 1178-7007
DOI - 10.2147/dmso.s329675
Subject(s) - obesity , medicine , dyslipidemia , metabolic syndrome , environmental health , caffeine , logistic regression , refugee , geography , archaeology
Due to their stressful lives, Palestinian refugees are prone to use cognitive enhancers (CE) and psychostimulant substances (PS). Recognising health problems associated with CE/PS use can indicate how preventive programs should be directed towards adolescents. Unfortunately, research has not thoroughly investigated the health problems related to tobacco and caffeine products, the most socially acceptable CE/PS among Palestinian refugee adolescents.