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Associate Professor of Human Nutrition and Dietetics
Al-Balqa Applied University, Jordan
Nahla Al-Bayyari is an associate professor of human nutrition and dietetics at Al-Balqa Applied University, faculty of Al-Huson University college, department of Nutrition and Food Technology. Graduated from the University of Jordan with a Ph.D. in human nutrition and dietetics and a master’s in public health (Maternal and Child Health Care) and bachelor’s degree in public health nutrition from Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST). After graduation from JUST she worked as a research assistant at JUST and lecturer in higher education associations. Currently she is an associate professor, and a researcher in public health, human nutrition, dietetics, infertility, and maternal and child health. She is the author of Public Health and Safety book and several original research articles. She is a member of The American Society of Nutrition (ASN), the Canadian Nutrition Society (CNS) and the Jordanian Academic Association. She is an editorial board member in several nutrition journals including OA Journal of Food and Nutrition, Nutrition and Public Health, CPQ Nutrition, ACTA Scientific Nutritional Health, and Nutrition and Health Sciences Journal as well as a reviewer for the Journal of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Obesity and Control Therapies and Clinical Nutrition Journal. These days working on four public health nutrition research projects dealing with nutrition of cancer patients, homocysteine, nutrition of infants and young children and dietary diversity, gestational weight gain and iron deficiency anemia among pregnant mothers.