40. Mikki,N., Abdul-Rahim, H., Shi, Z., Holmboe-Ottesen, G. Dietary habits of Palestinian adolescents in three major governorates in the West Bank: a cross-sectional survey.2010.

The Palestinian society is undergoing changes in their dietary habits and in the prevalence of obesity and overweight. Palestinian adolescents (aged 10–19 years) make up 24% of the population. food habits were investigated in Palestinian adolescents in three main governorates  (Ramallah, Nablus, and Hebron) and the relation between food habits and sociodemographic factors (region, sex, urban or rural residence, standard of living index, and parents’ education). a cross-sectional survey was made in the three governorates between March 19 and May 8, 2005, in 96 school classes of the eighth and ninth grade classes.