Appetite Assessment Using the Arabic CNAQ Following a Telenutrition Weight-Loss Intervention with Health Coaching and Telemonitoring: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design and Setting
2.2. Participants: Eligibility and Recruitment
2.3. Interventions
2.4. Appetite Assessment Using the Arabic Version of the Council of Nutrition Appetite Questionnaire (CNAQ)
2.5. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Participant Characteristics
3.2. Appetite Assessment (Response to CNAQ)
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Categories | Control (N = 15) | Intervention (N = 21) | ||
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Frequency | % | Frequency | % | ||
Gender | Male | 8 | 53.3 | 11 | 52.3 |
Female | 7 | 46.6 | 10 | 47.6 | |
Age (years old) | 20–29 | 3 | 20.0 | 8 | 38.1 |
30–39 | 7 | 46.6 | 7 | 33.3 | |
40–49 | 4 | 26.6 | 4 | 19.0 | |
50+ | 1 | 6.6 | 2 | 9.5 | |
Weight (kg) | 60–69.9 | 2 | 13.3 | 2 | 9.5 |
70–79.9 | 4 | 26.6 | 4 | 19.0 | |
80–89.9 | 1 | 6.6 | 4 | 19.0 | |
90–99.9 | 5 | 33.3 | 3 | 14.2 | |
100+ | 3 | 20.0 | 8 | 38.1 | |
Disease history | Cardiometabolic | 3 | 20.0 | 2 | 9.5 |
Respiratory | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 19.0 | |
Gastrointestinal and related | 2 | 13.3 | 4 | 19.0 | |
Tumors | 1 | 6.6 | 3 | 14.2 | |
Neuro and Psych | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 14.2 | |
Immune/Allergy | 6 | 40.0 | 5 | 23.8 | |
Skin | 3 | 20.0 | 1 | 4.7 | |
ENT | 6 | 40.0 | 4 | 19.0 | |
Other | 3 | 20.0 | 2 | 9.5 | |
Medication | No | 10 | 66.6 | 18 | 85.7 |
Yes | 5 | 33.3 | 3 | 14.2 | |
FH: DM | Does not exist | 6 | 40.0 | 10 | 47.6 |
Parents | 8 | 53.3 | 10 | 47.6 | |
Siblings | 2 | 13.3 | 1 | 4.7 | |
Grandfather | 1 | 6.6 | 0 | 0.0 | |
FH: Chol | Does not exist | 7 | 46.6 | 13 | 61.9 |
Parents | 7 | 46.6 | 8 | 38.1 | |
Siblings | 2 | 13.3 | 1 | 4.7 | |
FH: SCD | Does not exist | 14 | 93.3 | 20 | 95.2 |
Siblings | 1 | 6.6 | 1 | 4.7 | |
FH: Thal | Does not exist | 13 | 86.6 | 20 | 95.2 |
Parents | 2 | 13.3 | 1 | 4.7 | |
Siblings | 1 | 6.6 | 2 | 9.5 | |
FH: HA | Does not exist | 14 | 93.3 | 21 | 100.0 |
Siblings | 1 | 6.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
Criteria | Group | Appetite Evaluation (1–5) | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
General appetite | Control | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 6 | 40.0% | 5 | 33.3% | 4 | 26.7% |
Intervention | 1 | 4.8% | 1 | 4.8% | 8 | 38.1% | 7 | 33.3% | 4 | 19.0% | |
Food quantity that leads to fullness | Control | 1 | 6.7% | 4 | 26.7% | 5 | 33.3% | 3 | 20.0% | 2 | 13.3% |
Intervention | 2 | 9.5% | 8 | 38.1% | 2 | 9.5% | 8 | 38.1% | 1 | 4.8% | |
Frequency of hunger | Control | 0 | 0.0% | 6 | 40.0% | 7 | 46.7% | 2 | 13.3% | 0 | 0.0% |
Intervention | 1 | 4.8% | 9 | 42.9% | 6 | 28.6% | 5 | 23.8% | 0 | 0.0% | |
General food taste | Control | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 4 | 26.7% | 7 | 46.7% | 4 | 26.7% |
Intervention | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 7 | 33.3% | 8 | 38.1% | 6 | 28.6% | |
Taste, as compared with younger age | Control | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 6.7% | 8 | 53.3% | 4 | 26.7% | 2 | 13.3% |
Intervention | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 13 | 61.9% | 5 | 23.8% | 3 | 14.3% | |
Number of meals/days | Control | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 13.3% | 9 | 60.0% | 3 | 20.0% | 1 | 6.7% |
Intervention | 1 | 4.8% | 3 | 14.3% | 9 | 42.9% | 6 | 28.6% | 2 | 9.5% | |
Not feeling nauseous | Control | 1 | 6.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 13.3% | 4 | 26.7% | 8 | 53.3% |
Intervention | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 4.8% | 5 | 23.8% | 7 | 33.3% | 8 | 38.1% | |
Mood in general | Control | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 6.7% | 8 | 53.3% | 6 | 40.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Intervention | 2 | 9.5% | 4 | 19.0% | 10 | 47.6% | 4 | 19.0% | 1 | 4.8% |
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Alsharif, S.N.; Eid, N.M.S.; Hakim, N.A.; Jawad, N.M.M.; Alsulami, S.F. Appetite Assessment Using the Arabic CNAQ Following a Telenutrition Weight-Loss Intervention with Health Coaching and Telemonitoring: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. Obesities 2025, 5, 73. https://doi.org/10.3390/obesities5040073
Alsharif SN, Eid NMS, Hakim NA, Jawad NMM, Alsulami SF. Appetite Assessment Using the Arabic CNAQ Following a Telenutrition Weight-Loss Intervention with Health Coaching and Telemonitoring: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. Obesities. 2025; 5(4):73. https://doi.org/10.3390/obesities5040073
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlsharif, Sarah N., Noura M. S. Eid, Noor A. Hakim, Najlaa M. M. Jawad, and Soaad F. Alsulami. 2025. "Appetite Assessment Using the Arabic CNAQ Following a Telenutrition Weight-Loss Intervention with Health Coaching and Telemonitoring: A Cross-Sectional Analysis" Obesities 5, no. 4: 73. https://doi.org/10.3390/obesities5040073
APA StyleAlsharif, S. N., Eid, N. M. S., Hakim, N. A., Jawad, N. M. M., & Alsulami, S. F. (2025). Appetite Assessment Using the Arabic CNAQ Following a Telenutrition Weight-Loss Intervention with Health Coaching and Telemonitoring: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. Obesities, 5(4), 73. https://doi.org/10.3390/obesities5040073