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| Title |
Effects of gum Arabic ingestion on body mass index and body fat percentage in healthy adult females: two-arm randomized, placebo controlled, double-blind trial
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| Published in |
Nutrition Journal, December 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2891-11-111 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Rasha Babiker, Tarig H Merghani, Khalifa Elmusharaf, Rehab M Badi, Florian Lang, Amal M Saeed |
| Abstract |
Gum Arabic (acacia Senegal) is a complex polysaccharide indigestible to both humans and animals. It has been considered as a safe dietary fiber by the United States, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since the 1970s. Although its effects were extensively studied in animals, there is paucity of data regarding its quantified use in humans. This study was conducted to determine effects of regular Gum Arabic (GA) ingestion on body mass index and body fat percentage among healthy adult females. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 125 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 3% |
| Kuwait | 3 | 2% |
| United States | 3 | 2% |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | 2 | 2% |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 2% |
| Iraq | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 7 | 6% |
| Unknown | 92 | 74% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 122 | 98% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 2% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | <1% |
| Scientists | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 230 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 228 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 34 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 28 | 12% |
| Researcher | 25 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 25 | 11% |
| Other | 13 | 6% |
| Other | 42 | 18% |
| Unknown | 63 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 45 | 20% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 29 | 13% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 13 | 6% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 11 | 5% |
| Chemistry | 8 | 3% |
| Other | 48 | 21% |
| Unknown | 76 | 33% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 327. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 November 2023.
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