Grants & Awards :

2014 Ranked 1nd in Ph.D course enterance examination, Iran. 2013 Elected as top student in MSc degree 2011 Ranked 3nd in MS course enterance examination, Iran. 2005 Elected as top student in BSc degree

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2022 Mokhtari Z, Hosseini E, Zaroudi M, Gibson DL, Hekmatdoost A, Mansourian M, Salehi-Abargouei A, Faghihimani Z, Askari G. The Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Serum 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D in the Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials. Obesity Surgery. 2022 Jul 1:1-6. 2022 Sami R, Soltaninejad F, Shayganfar A, Mirfendereski S, Mansourian M, Khademi N, Dehghan M, Khorrami Z, Jalali S, Mokhtari Z. Severity of Disease and COVID-19 Complications During Hospital Stay: A Prospective Cohort Study. Archives of Iranian Medicine. 2022 Jun 1;25(6):383-93. 2022 Sharma R, Abbasi-Kangevari M, Abd-Rabu R, Abidi H, Abu-Gharbieh E, Acuna JM, Adhikari S, Advani SM, Afzal MS, Meybodi MA, Ahinkorah BO. Global, regional, and national burden of colorectal cancer and its risk factors, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 2022 Apr 7. 2021 Kazemi A, Soltani S, Mokhtari Z, Khan T, Golzarand M, Hosseini E, Jayedi A, Ebrahimpour-Koujan S, Akhlaghi M. The relationship between major food sources of fructose and cardiovascular disease, cancer, and all-cause mortality: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of cohort studies. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. 2021 Nov 10:1-4. 2021 Zand, H., Nazary, A., Fatahi, S., Mokhtari, Z., Salehi-Sahlabadi, A., Tan, S. C., ... & Hekmatdoost, A. (2021). The influence of fasting and energy-restricted diets on leptin and adiponectin levels in humans: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland), 40(4).‏ 2021 Bourbour, F., Kabir, A., Pazouki, A., Mokhber, S., Kord-Varkaneh, H., Găman, M. A., Mokhtari Z & Hekmatdoost, A. (2021). Trends in Serum Vitamin D Levels within 12 Months after One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass (OAGB). Obesity Surgery, 1-10.‏ 2021 Fatahi S, Nazary-Vannani A, Sohouli MH, Mokhtari Z, Kord-Varkaneh H, Moodi V, Tan SC, Low TY, Zanghelini F, Shidfar F. The effect of fasting and energy restricting diets on markers of glucose and insulin controls: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Critical reviews in food science and nutrition. 2020 Jul 31:1-2 2020 Varkaneh HK, Tinsley GM, Santos HO, Zand H, Nazary A, Fatahi S, Mokhtari Z, Salehi-Sahlabadi A, Tan SC, Rahmani J, Gaman MA. The influence of fasting and energy-restricted diets on leptin and adiponectin levels in humans: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Nutrition. 2020 Oct 24 2020 Jazayeri S, Heshmati J, Mokhtari Z, Sepidarkish M, Nameni G, Potter E, Zaroudi M. Effect of omega-3 fatty acids supplementation on anthropometric indices in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Complementary Therapies in Medicine. 2020 Jun 26:102487 2020 Kord-Varkaneh H, Nazary-Vannani A, Mokhtari Z, Salehi-Sahlabadi A, Rahmani J, Clark CC, Fatahi S, Zanghelini F, Hekmatdoost A, Okunade K, Mirmiran P. The Influence of Fasting and Energy Restricting Diets on Blood Pressure in Humans: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. High Blood Pressure & Cardiovascular Prevention. 2020 Jun 20:1-0 2019 Mokhtari Z, Sharafkhah M, Poustchi H, Sepanlou SG, Khoshnia M, Gharavi A, Sohrabpour AA, Sotoudeh M, Dawsey SM, Boffetta P, Abnet CC. Adherence to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet and risk of total and cause-specific mortality: results from the Golestan Cohort Study. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2019 May 5. 2019 Mokhtari Z, Karbaschian Z, Pazouki A, Kabir A, Hedayati M, Mirmiran P, Hekmatdoost A. The Effects of Probiotic Supplements on Blood Markers of Endotoxin and Lipid Peroxidation in Patients Undergoing Gastric Bypass Surgery; a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Clinical Trial with 13 Months Follow-Up. Obesity surgery. 2019 Jan 5:1-1. 2018 Karbaschian Z, Mokhtari Z, Pazouki A, Kabir A, Hedayati M, Moghadam SS, Mirmiran P, Hekmatdoost A. Probiotic Supplementation in Morbid Obese Patients Undergoing One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass-Mini Gastric Bypass (OAGB-MGB) Surgery: a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Clinical Trial. Obesity surgery. 2018 May 3:1-2. Zohreh Karbaschian and Zeinab Mokhtari contributed equally to this work 2017 Mokhtari Z, Gibson DL, Hekmatdoost A. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, the gut microbiome, and diet. Advances in Nutrition. 2017 Mar 10;8(2):240- 2017 Mokhtari Z, Poustchi H, Eslamparast T, Hekmatdoost A. Egg consumption and risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. World journal of hepatology. 2017 Apr 8;9(10):503. 2017 Mokhtari Z, Hekmatdoost A, Nourian M. Antioxidant efficacy of vitamin D. J Parathyr Dis. 2017 Mar;5(1):11-6. 2015 Mokhtari Z, Nasrollahzadeh J .Relationship between dietary approaches to stop hypertension score and Alternative Healthy Eating Index score with plasma asymmetrical dimethylarginine levels in patients referring coronary, was angiography, has been submitted online and is presently being given consideration for publication in the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. 2013 "Relation between of diet and plasma total antioxidant capacity and dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase polymorphism with plasma asymmetrical dimethylarginine levels in patients refererred for coronary angiography", National nutrition and food technology research institute, Shahid Beheshti Medical University, Tehran-Iran.

Research Interests :

Obesity; Gastrointestinal diseases; NAFLD; Nutrition

Teaching Experience :

Diet therapy in Gastrointestinal diseases
Nutrition in life cycles

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