Personal Information

 Associate Professor

Department of  Clinical Nutrition

Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences

Contact Information

Phone: 026400000 Ext. 23778

Email: hkutbi@kau.edu.sa

Hebah Alawi Mohammed Noor Kutbi

 Associate Professor

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Hebah Alawi Kutbi
Clinical Nutrition Department
Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences
Associate Professor / Acting Department Head

Education

  • 2014

    Doctorate degree from Nutritional SciencesApplied Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, امــريــكـا

Employment

  • 2007-2008

    Clinical Dietitian , King Abdulaziz University Hospital, جده, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2015-2020

    Assistant Professor, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2017-حاليا

    Clinical Dietitian, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2020-حاليا

    Associate Professor of Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

Research Interests

  • Clinical nutrition
  • Diabetes
  • Obesity
  • Metabolic syndrome
  • Nutritional epidemiology
  • Dietary behaviors and practices

Publications

  • Mumena WA, Alnezari AI, Safar HI, Alharbi NS, Alahmadi RB, Qadhi RI, Faqeeh SF, Kutbi HA. Media use, dietary intake, and diet quality of adolescents in Saudi Arabia. Pediatric Research. 2023 Feb 7:1-7.

  • Mumena WA, Alahmadi AI, Alenazi AE, Alfaruqi FI, Alqrafi GM, Ahmed HA, Aljabri LA, Joraid NN, Almukhlifi RS, Alhejaili RY, Albeladi RO, Almadani SY, Kutbi HA. Leisure Screen-time Predicts Free Sugar Consumption in Children. Nutrition. 2023 Jan 2:111963.

  • Mumena WA, Ateek AA, Alamri RK, Alobaid SA, Alshallali SH, Afifi SY, Aljohani GA, Kutbi HA. Fast-Food Consumption, Dietary Quality, and Dietary Intake of Adolescents in Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022 Nov 16;19(22):15083.

  • Alsini N, Kutbi HA, Hakim N, Mosli R, Eid N, Mulla Z. Factors influencing grocery shopping choices and the prevalence of food label use among Saudi mothers: a cross-sectional pilot study. Nutrition & Food Science. 2022 Jun 14(ahead-of-print).

  • Mosli RH, Barahim A, Zahed LA, Ishaq SA, Al-Eryani FM, Alharbi WA, Kutbi HA, Saleemani H. Changes in Feeding Behavior and Feeding Stress Among Mothers of Preschoolers Before and During the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic. Frontiers in Nutrition. 2022;9. 

  • Kutbi HA, Asiri R, Alghamdi M, Albassami M, Mosli RH, Mumena WA. Food neophobia and its association with nutrient intake among Saudi children. Food Quality and Preference. 2021 Aug 26:104372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2021.104372.

  • Mumena WA, Kutbi HA. Development of a food frequency questionnaire for assessing habitual intake of free sugar among children in Saudi Arabia. Frontiers in Nutrition. 2022 Feb;8(742737). https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2021.742737

  • Mosli RM and Kutbi HA. The association between sibship composition and child eating behaviors. Behavioral Medicine. 2021 Feb;48(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/08964289.2021.1997892.

  • Kutbi H, Al Agha A. Prevalence and predictors of insulin resistance in overweight and obese children and adolescents: a hospital-based study. Progress in Nutrition [Internet]. [cited 2021 Jun. 17];24(1). Available from: https://mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/progressinnutrition/article/view/10455

  • Kutbi HA, Albaiti NH, AlThawwad YH, Mosli RH, Mumena WA. Appetite as a predictor of malnutrition in end-stage renal disease patients in Saudi Arabia. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2021 Dec;30(4):573-578. https://doi.org/10.6133/apjcn.202112_30(4).0003

  • Kutbi HA. Picky eating in school-aged children: sociodemographic determinants and the associations with dietary intake. Nutrients. 2021 Aug;13(8):2518. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13082518.

  • Kutbi HA. Nutrient intakes of children: associations with maternal use of pressure to eat and a Healthy home food environment. Nutrients. 2021; 13(6):2082. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13062082

  • Mumena WA, Kutbi HA. Factors Associated with Dietary Intake and Changes in Nutritional Status Following Bariatric Surgery Among Saudi Adults. Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care. 2021 Mar 1;16(1):54-60. https://doi.org/10.1089/bari.2019.0063.

  • Mumena WA, Alamri AA, Mahrous AA, Alharbi BM, Almohaimeed JS, Hakeem MI, Kutbi HA. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards added sugar consumption among female undergraduate students in Madinah, Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study. Nutrition. 2020 Jul 4:110936. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nut.2020.110936

  • Kutbi HA. The relationships between maternal feeding practices and food neophobia and picky eating. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020 Jan;17(11):3894. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17113894

  • Kutbi HA, Hammouda SA. Plasma concentrations of vitamin A and E and risk of dysglycemia in first-trimester pregnant Saudi women. Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome. 2020 Dec;12(1):1-7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13098-020-00525-3

  • Mosli HH, Kutbi HA, Alhasan AH, Mosli RH. Understanding the interrelationship between education, income, and obesity among adults in Saudi Arabia. Obesity Facts. 2020 Jan 17:1-9. https://doi.org/10.1159/000505246

  • Kutbi HA, Alhatmi AA, Alsulami MH, Alghamdi SS, Albagar SM, Mumena WA, Mosli RH. Food neophobia and pickiness among children and associations with socioenvironmental and cognitive factors. Appetite. 2019 Nov 1;142:104373. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2019.104373

  • Mosli RH, Bakhsh JA, Madani NA, Sindi AF, Barasheed AF, Kutbi HA, Al-Wassia HK. Indulgence and stress around feeding: Initial evidence from a qualitative study of Saudi mothers. Appetite. 2019 Jul 1;138:242-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2019.03.036

  • Kutbi HA, Mosli HH, Alhasan AH, Mosli RH. Diabetes knowledge and its association with the weight status among residents of Jeddah City, Saudi Arabia. Nutrition & diabetes. 2018 Sep 7;8(1):48. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41387-018-0055-8

  • Kutbi H, Wehby GL, Moreno Uribe LM, Romitti PA, Carmichael S, Shaw GM, Olshan AF, DeRoo L, Rasmussen SA, Murray JC, Wilcox A. Maternal underweight and obesity and risk of orofacial clefts in a large international consortium of population-based studies. International journal of epidemiology. 2017 Feb 1;46(1):190-9. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyw035

Scientific interests

  • Clinical nutrition
  • Metabolic syndrome
  • Nutritional epidemiology
  • Dietary behaviors and practices

Courses

Clinical Rotation 1 445 CLN
Research Methods 446 CLN
(1)Medical Nutrition Therapy 301 CLN
Clinical Rotation in Medical Nutrition Therapy 2 447 CLN
Students Research Project 499 CLN

Areas of expertise

Dietetics