Education:

• PhD in Nutrition (1990). King's College London,

• MSc in Human Nutrition (1986) King's College London,

• BSc in Food & Dairy Technology (1984).

Courses Taught:

• NFSC 274 - Human Nutrition and Metabolism

• NFSC 285 - Nutrition in the life cycle

• NFSC 296 - Current topics in Food sciences and Nutrition

• NFSC 314 - Advanced Nutrition: Mineral elements

• NFSC 315 - Advanced Nutrition: Vitamins

• NFSC 308 - Advanced therapeutic nutrition

Research

Research of Interest:

• Role of vitamins and minerals in health and disease

• Hepatic regulation of food intake

• Influence of amino acids on meal patterns

• Postprandial metabolism following meal ingestion

• Involvement of glycogenesis and lipogenesis in the regulation of food intake

Selected Publications:

• Bassil, M.S.,  N. Hwalla and O.A. Obeid. (2007). Meal patterns in male rats following amino acid manipulation of the diet: Effect of histidine, leucine and tyrosine. Obesity 15: 616-623.

• Bassil, M.S., M. Mrayati, N. Hwalla and O.A. Obeid. (2007). The immediate effect of leptin and ghrelin injection on in vivo postprandial glycogen and lipid synthesis in rats. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism 51(1): 14-21.

• Al-Khatib, L., O.A. Obeid, A.M. Sibai, M. Batal, N. Adra, N. Hwalla. (2006). Folate deficiency is associated with nutritional anemia in Lebanese women of childbearing age. Public Health Nutrition 9(7): 921-7.

• Obeid, O.A., Z.M. Jamal, N. Hwalla and P.W. Emery. (2006).The effect of glutamine and dihydroxyacetone supplementation on food intake, weight gain and postprandial glycogen synthesis in female Zucker rats. Nutrition 22:794-801.

• Obeid, O.A., R.M. Al-Ghali,M. Khogali, N. Hwalla. (2006). Vitamins A and E status in an urban Lebanese population: A case study at Dar Al-Fatwa area, Beirut. Int J Vitam & Nutr Res  76: 3-8.

• El-Khoury. D.T., O.A. Obeid, S. AZAR, N. Hwalla. (2006). Variation in postprandial ghrelin status following ingestion of high Carbohydrate, high Fat and high Protein meals in males. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism 50:260-269.

• Al Awar, R.M., O.A. Obeid, N. Hwalla, S. Azar. (2005). Postprandial acylated ghrelin status following fat and protein manipulation of meals in healthy young women. Clinical Science 109:405-411.

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