Karim Khaled

Lecturer in Nutrition Science

School of Health Sciences

Email:: Karim.Khaled@bcu.ac.uk

Karim Khaled is a Lebanese Licensed Dietitian and a Doctor of Philosophy in Nutrition Epidemiology.

Khaled graduated from the Lebanese American University in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and Dietetics. After graduation, he worked as a clinical dietitian in Hammoud Hospital University Medical Center, Lebanon for one year and then travelled to the United Kingdom in 2016 to pursue a master’s degree in Nutrition and Behaviour. He was awarded a Ph.D from Bournemouth University, UK, where he conducted epidemiological studies and produced scientific papers. His international PhD project investigated the association between perceived stress and dietary quality and patterns among women of reproductive age in three different countries: UK, USA, and Lebanon. Khaled is currently a Lecturer in Nutrition Science and the module leader of a number of nutrition courses at Birmingham City University, UK. His modules cover, in addition to nutrition, microbiology, statistics, and research subjects.

Teaching

Publications

Publications achieved in Nutrition Epidemiology:

Khaled, K.; Hundley, V.; Tsofliou, F. Poor Dietary Quality and Patterns Are Associated with Higher Perceived Stress among Women of Reproductive Age in the UK. Nutrients 2021, 13, 2588. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13082588
Khaled, K., Hundley, V., Bassil, M., Bazzi, M., & Tsofliou, F. (2021). Validation of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC) Food Frequency Questionnaire for use among Adults in Lebanon. Public Health Nutrition, 1-27. doi:10.1017/S1368980021002123
Khaled, K., Hundley, V., Almilaji, O., Koeppen, M., & Tsofliou, F. (2020). A Priori and a Posteriori Dietary Patterns in Women of Childbearing Age in the UK. Nutrients, 12(10), 2921. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12102921
Khaled, K., Tsofliou, F., Hundley, V., Helmreich, R., & Almilaji, O. (2020). Perceived stress and diet quality in women of reproductive age: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Nutrition journal, 19(1), 92. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12937-020-00609-w
Khaled, K., Hundley, V., & Tsofliou, F. (2020). The association between perceived stress and diet quality in women of childbearing age: A systematic review. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 79(OCE2), E599. doi:10.1017/S0029665120005480
Khaled, K., Hundley, V., Tsofliou, F (2021). Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) in Nutrition Epidemiology. (This important paper has not yet been published but is currently being prepared for submission shortly to the Current Developments in Nutrition journal)
Khaled, K., Almilaji, O., Köppen, M., Hundley, V., & Tsofliou, F. (2020). The association between a priori and a posterior dietary patterns with perceived stress in women of childbearing age. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 79(OCE2), E460. doi:10.1017/S0029665120004085
Khaled, K., Hundley, V., Bassil, M., Bazzi, M., & Tsofliou, F. (2021). The Association between Psychological Stress and Diet Quality among Women of Childbearing Age in Lebanon. Nutrients, (This paper has been submitted to “British Journal of Nutrition” and awaiting acceptance)
Khaled, K., Hundley, V., & Tsofliou, F. (2021). Association between Diet Quality and Perceived Stress in Women of Reproductive age from a University Population in UK. Proceedings of the Nutrition