Abdellatif Baali
Biographic Data
| ID | 122427 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abdellatif Baali |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abdellatif |
| FAMILY NAME | Baali |
| SIGNATURE | BAALI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cadi Ayyad University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Prevalence and predictors of overweight and obesity among women of childbearing age in the province of Essaouira, Morocco
Low- and middle-income countries are facing a rapid increase in nutritional problems, particularly in Africa, where undernutrition, overweight and micronutrient deficiencies coexist, creating a double burden of malnutrition and a challenge to public health policies. In this context, Morocco stands out for its early nutritional transition, characterized by a moderate prevalence of overweight and undernutrition and elevated levels of micronutrient …
Body image perceptions and avoidance behaviours among a Moroccan group of adolescents
Weight status is an important factor that deeply impacts adolescent body dissatisfaction. Adolescents resort to behaviour avoidance and physical appearance control to cope with body dissatisfaction
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État de santé et milieu de résidence (urbain-rural)
L’objectif de notre étude est d’évaluer l’état de santé d’un groupe de personnes âgées et de saisir les facteurs déterminants en fonction du milieu de résidence (urbain-rural). Notre échantillon compte 1025 individus âgés de 65 ans et plus de la ville de Marrakech et de ses régions rurales. Les données ont été collectées par questionnaire, entre 2017 et 2018, à domicile et dans les établissements de soins de santé primaires. Les variables retenue…
État de santé, estime de soi et facteurs associés chez les sujets âgés de la Province d’Essaouira, Maroc
L’objectif de cette recherche était d’explorer l’état de santé des personnes âgées et les facteurs qui lui sont associés, dans un contexte de précarité, dans la province d’Essaouira. Une enquête par entrevue structurée a été menée auprès de 739 sujets âgés qui ont répondu aux questions renseignant sur leurs conditions de vie et leur état de santé exprimé par l’état de santé subjective et l’estime de soi. Les résultats ont montré que 75,5 % des su…
Body Image Avoidance Questionnaire and Associated Factors
Objectives. The aim of this study is to assess physical appearance behavior avoidance among a group of Moroccan adolescents and to identify the associated factors. Material and methods. The data were gathered from a cross-sectional study conducted on 487 adolescents (223 boys and 264 girls), with the average age of 14.6 years. Gender, age, body mass index (BMI), and satisfaction of their body weight and height were considered in this study. Body …
Assessment of the Quality of Life of a Group of Subjects Aged 65 and Over (Morocco)
Objective. The aim of this study was to assess the health related quality of life of elderly Moroccans living at home as well as determining the factors that influence it. Material and methods. The data was gathered through a questionnaire survey conducted between 2017 and 2018. Age, gender, level of education, socio-professional activity, morbidity and perception of old age were chosen as variables, and the LEIPAD scale was used to evaluate the …
Inadequacy of vitamins and minerals among high-school pupils in Ouarzazate, Morocco
Objective To assess micronutrient intakes and the prevalence of inadequacy in a sample of high-school pupils in Ouarzazate, Morocco. Design Food records were compiled over three non-consecutive days by pre-trained pupils. Micronutrient intakes were estimated using the DIAL software, adapted to include foods commonly eaten in Morocco. The prevalence of inadequacy was estimated by the proportion of individuals with intakes below the Estimated Avera…
Nutritional Status of Adolescents in the Context of the Moroccan Nutritional Transition
In Morocco, the beginning of the nutritional transition is closely linked to social and economic transformations and changes in behaviour and traditional lifestyles. The objective of this study is to describe the current pattern of food consumption and the nutritional status of adolescents in the province of Ouarzazate and its association with parents' educational level. The sample comprises 327 high school students from Ouarzazate: 135 (41.3%) b…
Morbidité et recours aux soins de santé maternelle des femmes de la ville de Marrakech. Relation avec l'exode rural et les facteurs socio-économiques et biodémographiques
Une enquête a été réalisée dans la ville de Marrakech, en 2008, auprès d'un échantillon de 1 202 femmes ayant accouché durant les cinq dernières années dans le but de mettre en évidence l'effet de l'exode rural sur l'accès aux soins de santé maternelle et la réduction de la morbidité maternelle des femmes. Les résultats mettent en évidence des différences significatives entre les femmes nées en milieu urbain et celles nées en milieu rural aussi b…
Y‐chromosome variation in South Iberia
Population of Pedroches Valley, a hypothetical Berber settlement, located in the northwest portion of Córdoba province (Andalusia, Spain), had been analyzed for its Y-chromosome diversity. Moreover, to contextualize this population, 127 Y-chromosomes from a general Andalusia sample and a North African Berber community (Marrakech, Morocco) were also typed. For all samples, 24 single nucleotide polymorphisms of the non-recombining portion of the Y-…
The effect of socio-economic status and area of residence on household food variety in Morocco
In our Moroccan sample, food variety is distributed according to two patterns: One based on area of residence, urban areas having greater variety than rural areas, and the other on socio-economic factors, with advantaged households having higher FVI values but only in urban areas. The limited availability of certain foods and food preferences by the populations mean that not all households are able to diversify their diets
Preference for sons and sex ratio in two non‐western societies
Moroccan Berbers and the Bolivian Aymara are two unrelated peasant groups living in adverse environments with a still rather traditional agriculture. Precarious life conditions may be responsible for the importance given to male labor and hence for the cultural preference conferred on male descent. This preference, expressed in the social valorization of sons to the detriment of daughters, is more emphasized if the socioeconomic status of the fam…
Fertility Changes in Rural Moroccan Berbers during the 20th Century
Morocco’s fertility pattern evolved in the 20th century from a traditional model close to ‘natural fertility’ to a modern pattern incorporating contraception. The very high fertility rate of nearly 7 offspring per woman observed in the 1960s was still at a level of 5.5 offspring per woman in the early 1980s. The total fertility rate subsequently declined to 2.5 by 2003. This decline was apparently, principally, the result of two factors in the ur…
La pratique contraceptive dans la Wilaya de Marrakech (Maroc)
The pattern of family planning was analysed in two communities of the Wilaya of Marrakesh (Morocco). One of them is urban, represented by the city of Marrakesh, and the other is rural and represented by some municipalities of Amizmiz (circle of Amizmiz, province of Haouz, Wilaya of Marrakesh). In general, the use of contraception is quite high, but it is especially high in the urban environment. The analysis of contraception biographies, particul…
Diversité des allotypes des immunoglobulines (systèmes Gm et Km) d’une population berbère de la vallée de Tacheddirt (Haut Atlas, Maroc). Comparaison à d’autres populations africaines et européennes e…
Le polymorphisme des allotypes Gm et Km des immunoglobulines humaines a été analysé dans une population berbère du Haut-Atlas marocain. Il a été comparé à 18 autres populations africaines (dont six berbères et deux touaregs) et deux populations européennes (française et basque). Tous les sujets sont typés pour les allotypes G1m (1, 2, 3, 17), G2m (23), G3m (5, 6, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 24, 28) et Km (1). Les résultats montrent une relative h…
Study of GM immunoglobulin allotypic system in Berbers and Arabs from Morocco
The GM immunoglobulin allotype polymorphism was investigated in four Moroccan populations: three Berber groups from Khenifra (Middle Atlas), Amizmiz (High Atlas), and Bouhria (Beni Snassen) and one Arabic-speaking sample from the Doukkala area (Abda, Chaouia, Doukkali, and Tadla districts in south-central Morocco). In order to characterize the genetic relationships between the populations, our results were compared with those obtained for other N…
Characterisation of the digital dermatoglyphic in a berber population of the high Atlas (Marrakesh, Morrocco)
With an aim of characterising the genetic structure of the Berber population, of the Western High Atlas (Marrakesh), and of locating it compared to the other known populations, a preliminary study of the digital dermatoglyphes relating to a sample of 100 individuals (50 men and 50 women) non related taken at random in the population of the commune of Asni (Wilaya de Marrakesh) was carried out. The frequencies of the digital figures obtained in th…
Facteurs alimentaires et environnementaux de risque du cancer du rhino-pharynx au Maroc et leur répartition géographique
The study of a group of 409 patients affected by NPC (nasopharyngeal carcinoma) using 394 people as a control group has shown that this cancer was predominant in men (sex-ratio = 1.80), particularly in the younger population (10.5% of patients were aged less than 20 years). A logistic regression analysis has shown that preservation of food in brine, along with living in an agricultural environment and having contact with toxic compounds seem to b…
Do “helpers at the nest” increase their parents' reproductive success
“Helpers at the nest,” usually offspring of a preceding litter who contribute by feeding the young to increase the reproductive success of a breeding pair, are known in many species of birds and mammals. Although similar behaviors were described by ethnological observations in several human societies, there is a lack of data on their existence and role. This study of 794 reproductive life histories of post-menopausal Berber women of Southern Moro…
Do “helpers at the nest” increase their parents' reproductive success
“Helpers at the nest,” usually offspring of a preceding litter who contribute by feeding the young to increase the reproductive success of a breeding pair, are known in many species of birds and mammals. Although similar behaviors were described by ethnological observations in several human societies, there is a lack of data on their existence and role. This study of 794 reproductive life histories of post‐menopausal Berber women of Southern Moro…
Migration des femmes et fécondité dans la ville de Marrakech (Maroc)
Since 1970, an increasing population flow from the surrounging villages to the city of Marrakech, as well as to the other cities of Morocco, has been observed. The fertily of women originating from the countryside and the impact of the life in the modern city on their procreation behavior have been analysed on the basis of a sample of 1612 women living in the city of Marrakech; 22.33% are migrants. Fertility among migrants is much higher than fer…
Âge au premier mariage, contraception et mortalité infantile
The recent fertility trends within a traditional Berber population of the Western High Atlas mountains (Anougal valley) and the main factors responsible for these trends have been studied during three retrospective and complementary inquiries. Results showed that a demographic transition has started within the population. The decrease in fertility observed in all age classes is related to the increase of age at first marriage and the decrease in …
Facteurs alimentaires et environnementaux de risque du cancer du rhino-pharynx dans la région de Marrakech
In Morocco, as in the other countries of the Maghreb, NPC is the most frequent cancer of the ORL sphere. The distribution by age and sex of a sample composed by 160 cases diagnosed between 1989 and 1999 in Marrakech hospitals has shown that men are more affected than women with a sex-ratio of 2,6 and that the proportion of the individuals younger than 25 years and affected by the NPC is 20%. Women are affected earlier than men: a peak has been ob…
Characteristics of menstrual cycles in Moroccan girls
Population studies on normal and dysfunctional characteristics of menstrual cycles are scarce for western populations and practically non-existent for non-western ones. Recent data suggest that the type of menstrual cycle can be relevant for later gynaecological problems in several ways. The type of menstrual cycle is related to menarcheal age in a way that those with early maturation show more menstrual disorders which are the largest diagnosis …
Agricultural property, matrimonial structures, and reproductive behaviour of the Guedmiwa Berbers (Azegour Valley, Marrakech, Morocco)
This study concerns the Guedmiwa Berber population living in the Azegour Valley, at an altitude of 2000m on the northern slopes of the western range of the Haut-Atlas mountains. The reproductive behaviour of 506 Guedmiwa Berber families shows a rather elevated fertility which seems influenced at the same time by the socio-familial organisation and by the economic resources at the disposition of the family
Fertility Changes in Rural Moroccan Berbers during the 20th Century
Morocco’s fertility pattern evolved in the 20th century from a traditional model close to ‘natural fertility’ to a modern pattern incorporating contraception. The very high fertility rate of nearly 7 offspring per woman observed in the 1960s was still at a level of 5.5 offspring per woman in the early 1980s. The total fertility rate subsequently declined to 2.5 by 2003. This decline was apparently, principally, the result of two factors in the ur…
La pratique contraceptive dans la Wilaya de Marrakech (Maroc)
The pattern of family planning was analysed in two communities of the Wilaya of Marrakesh (Morocco). One of them is urban, represented by the city of Marrakesh, and the other is rural and represented by some municipalities of Amizmiz (circle of Amizmiz, province of Haouz, Wilaya of Marrakesh). In general, the use of contraception is quite high, but it is especially high in the urban environment. The analysis of contraception biographies, particul…
Effet de la consanguinité sur la fertilité, la fécondité et la mortalité des enfants dans une population berbere Guedmiwa (Vallée d'Azgour, cercle d Amizmiz, Marrakech, Maroc)
Baali Abdellatif. Effet de la consanguinité sur la fertilité, la fécondité et la mortalité des enfants dans une population berbere Guedmiwa (Vallée d'Azgour, cercle d Amizmiz, Marrakech, Maroc). In: Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris, Nouvelle Série. Tome 6 fascicule 3-4, 1994. pp. 155-162
Effet de la consanguinité sur la fertilité, la fécondité et la mortalité des enfants dans une population berbere Guedmiwa (Vallée d'Azgour, cercle d Amizmiz, Marrakech, Maroc)
Baali Abdellatif. Effet de la consanguinité sur la fertilité, la fécondité et la mortalité des enfants dans une population berbere Guedmiwa (Vallée d'Azgour, cercle d Amizmiz, Marrakech, Maroc). In: Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris, Nouvelle Série. Tome 6 fascicule 3-4, 1994. pp. 155-162
Determinants of contraceptive use in Morocco
The determinants of modern contraceptive use in traditional populations are analysed in married women aged 30–44 living in the province of Marrakech (Morocco). Women who have never used contraception have smaller family sizes than those who do: the number of live children (or live births) is the variable with maximum predictive power on contraceptive use, while child mortality is the main inhibiting factor. The probability of contraceptive use in…
Secular trend in age at menarche in Marrakesh (Morocco)
The median age at menarche observed by status-quo methods in 1991, and calculated by mean of probit analysis in a sample of 239 school girls from Marrakesh aged 11-17 years, was 13.75 +/- 0.17 years. Compared with earlier observations obtained for Moroccan girls in 1982 and 1987 the results show a decline of age at menarche of 0.55 year in the period 1982-91 and 0.25 year in the period 1987-91
Agricultural property, matrimonial structures, and reproductive behaviour of the Guedmiwa Berbers (Azegour Valley, Marrakech, Morocco)
This study concerns the Guedmiwa Berber population living in the Azegour Valley, at an altitude of 2000m on the northern slopes of the western range of the Haut-Atlas mountains. The reproductive behaviour of 506 Guedmiwa Berber families shows a rather elevated fertility which seems influenced at the same time by the socio-familial organisation and by the economic resources at the disposition of the family
Characteristics of menstrual cycles in Moroccan girls
Population studies on normal and dysfunctional characteristics of menstrual cycles are scarce for western populations and practically non-existent for non-western ones. Recent data suggest that the type of menstrual cycle can be relevant for later gynaecological problems in several ways. The type of menstrual cycle is related to menarcheal age in a way that those with early maturation show more menstrual disorders which are the largest diagnosis …
Do “helpers at the nest” increase their parents' reproductive success
“Helpers at the nest,” usually offspring of a preceding litter who contribute by feeding the young to increase the reproductive success of a breeding pair, are known in many species of birds and mammals. Although similar behaviors were described by ethnological observations in several human societies, there is a lack of data on their existence and role. This study of 794 reproductive life histories of post-menopausal Berber women of Southern Moro…
Do “helpers at the nest” increase their parents' reproductive success
“Helpers at the nest,” usually offspring of a preceding litter who contribute by feeding the young to increase the reproductive success of a breeding pair, are known in many species of birds and mammals. Although similar behaviors were described by ethnological observations in several human societies, there is a lack of data on their existence and role. This study of 794 reproductive life histories of post‐menopausal Berber women of Southern Moro…
Migration des femmes et fécondité dans la ville de Marrakech (Maroc)
Since 1970, an increasing population flow from the surrounging villages to the city of Marrakech, as well as to the other cities of Morocco, has been observed. The fertily of women originating from the countryside and the impact of the life in the modern city on their procreation behavior have been analysed on the basis of a sample of 1612 women living in the city of Marrakech; 22.33% are migrants. Fertility among migrants is much higher than fer…
Âge au premier mariage, contraception et mortalité infantile
The recent fertility trends within a traditional Berber population of the Western High Atlas mountains (Anougal valley) and the main factors responsible for these trends have been studied during three retrospective and complementary inquiries. Results showed that a demographic transition has started within the population. The decrease in fertility observed in all age classes is related to the increase of age at first marriage and the decrease in …
Facteurs alimentaires et environnementaux de risque du cancer du rhino-pharynx dans la région de Marrakech
In Morocco, as in the other countries of the Maghreb, NPC is the most frequent cancer of the ORL sphere. The distribution by age and sex of a sample composed by 160 cases diagnosed between 1989 and 1999 in Marrakech hospitals has shown that men are more affected than women with a sex-ratio of 2,6 and that the proportion of the individuals younger than 25 years and affected by the NPC is 20%. Women are affected earlier than men: a peak has been ob…
Diversité des allotypes des immunoglobulines (systèmes Gm et Km) d’une population berbère de la vallée de Tacheddirt (Haut Atlas, Maroc). Comparaison à d’autres populations africaines et européennes e…
Le polymorphisme des allotypes Gm et Km des immunoglobulines humaines a été analysé dans une population berbère du Haut-Atlas marocain. Il a été comparé à 18 autres populations africaines (dont six berbères et deux touaregs) et deux populations européennes (française et basque). Tous les sujets sont typés pour les allotypes G1m (1, 2, 3, 17), G2m (23), G3m (5, 6, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 24, 28) et Km (1). Les résultats montrent une relative h…
Study of GM immunoglobulin allotypic system in Berbers and Arabs from Morocco
The GM immunoglobulin allotype polymorphism was investigated in four Moroccan populations: three Berber groups from Khenifra (Middle Atlas), Amizmiz (High Atlas), and Bouhria (Beni Snassen) and one Arabic-speaking sample from the Doukkala area (Abda, Chaouia, Doukkali, and Tadla districts in south-central Morocco). In order to characterize the genetic relationships between the populations, our results were compared with those obtained for other N…
Characterisation of the digital dermatoglyphic in a berber population of the high Atlas (Marrakesh, Morrocco)
With an aim of characterising the genetic structure of the Berber population, of the Western High Atlas (Marrakesh), and of locating it compared to the other known populations, a preliminary study of the digital dermatoglyphes relating to a sample of 100 individuals (50 men and 50 women) non related taken at random in the population of the commune of Asni (Wilaya de Marrakesh) was carried out. The frequencies of the digital figures obtained in th…
Facteurs alimentaires et environnementaux de risque du cancer du rhino-pharynx au Maroc et leur répartition géographique
The study of a group of 409 patients affected by NPC (nasopharyngeal carcinoma) using 394 people as a control group has shown that this cancer was predominant in men (sex-ratio = 1.80), particularly in the younger population (10.5% of patients were aged less than 20 years). A logistic regression analysis has shown that preservation of food in brine, along with living in an agricultural environment and having contact with toxic compounds seem to b…
Preference for sons and sex ratio in two non‐western societies
Moroccan Berbers and the Bolivian Aymara are two unrelated peasant groups living in adverse environments with a still rather traditional agriculture. Precarious life conditions may be responsible for the importance given to male labor and hence for the cultural preference conferred on male descent. This preference, expressed in the social valorization of sons to the detriment of daughters, is more emphasized if the socioeconomic status of the fam…
Fertility Changes in Rural Moroccan Berbers during the 20th Century
Morocco’s fertility pattern evolved in the 20th century from a traditional model close to ‘natural fertility’ to a modern pattern incorporating contraception. The very high fertility rate of nearly 7 offspring per woman observed in the 1960s was still at a level of 5.5 offspring per woman in the early 1980s. The total fertility rate subsequently declined to 2.5 by 2003. This decline was apparently, principally, the result of two factors in the ur…
La pratique contraceptive dans la Wilaya de Marrakech (Maroc)
The pattern of family planning was analysed in two communities of the Wilaya of Marrakesh (Morocco). One of them is urban, represented by the city of Marrakesh, and the other is rural and represented by some municipalities of Amizmiz (circle of Amizmiz, province of Haouz, Wilaya of Marrakesh). In general, the use of contraception is quite high, but it is especially high in the urban environment. The analysis of contraception biographies, particul…
Y‐chromosome variation in South Iberia
Population of Pedroches Valley, a hypothetical Berber settlement, located in the northwest portion of Córdoba province (Andalusia, Spain), had been analyzed for its Y-chromosome diversity. Moreover, to contextualize this population, 127 Y-chromosomes from a general Andalusia sample and a North African Berber community (Marrakech, Morocco) were also typed. For all samples, 24 single nucleotide polymorphisms of the non-recombining portion of the Y-…
The effect of socio-economic status and area of residence on household food variety in Morocco
In our Moroccan sample, food variety is distributed according to two patterns: One based on area of residence, urban areas having greater variety than rural areas, and the other on socio-economic factors, with advantaged households having higher FVI values but only in urban areas. The limited availability of certain foods and food preferences by the populations mean that not all households are able to diversify their diets
Nutritional Status of Adolescents in the Context of the Moroccan Nutritional Transition
In Morocco, the beginning of the nutritional transition is closely linked to social and economic transformations and changes in behaviour and traditional lifestyles. The objective of this study is to describe the current pattern of food consumption and the nutritional status of adolescents in the province of Ouarzazate and its association with parents' educational level. The sample comprises 327 high school students from Ouarzazate: 135 (41.3%) b…
Morbidité et recours aux soins de santé maternelle des femmes de la ville de Marrakech. Relation avec l'exode rural et les facteurs socio-économiques et biodémographiques
Une enquête a été réalisée dans la ville de Marrakech, en 2008, auprès d'un échantillon de 1 202 femmes ayant accouché durant les cinq dernières années dans le but de mettre en évidence l'effet de l'exode rural sur l'accès aux soins de santé maternelle et la réduction de la morbidité maternelle des femmes. Les résultats mettent en évidence des différences significatives entre les femmes nées en milieu urbain et celles nées en milieu rural aussi b…
Inadequacy of vitamins and minerals among high-school pupils in Ouarzazate, Morocco
Objective To assess micronutrient intakes and the prevalence of inadequacy in a sample of high-school pupils in Ouarzazate, Morocco. Design Food records were compiled over three non-consecutive days by pre-trained pupils. Micronutrient intakes were estimated using the DIAL software, adapted to include foods commonly eaten in Morocco. The prevalence of inadequacy was estimated by the proportion of individuals with intakes below the Estimated Avera…
Vieillissement en Afrique
International audience
État de santé et milieu de résidence (urbain-rural)
L’objectif de notre étude est d’évaluer l’état de santé d’un groupe de personnes âgées et de saisir les facteurs déterminants en fonction du milieu de résidence (urbain-rural). Notre échantillon compte 1025 individus âgés de 65 ans et plus de la ville de Marrakech et de ses régions rurales. Les données ont été collectées par questionnaire, entre 2017 et 2018, à domicile et dans les établissements de soins de santé primaires. Les variables retenue…
État de santé, estime de soi et facteurs associés chez les sujets âgés de la Province d’Essaouira, Maroc
L’objectif de cette recherche était d’explorer l’état de santé des personnes âgées et les facteurs qui lui sont associés, dans un contexte de précarité, dans la province d’Essaouira. Une enquête par entrevue structurée a été menée auprès de 739 sujets âgés qui ont répondu aux questions renseignant sur leurs conditions de vie et leur état de santé exprimé par l’état de santé subjective et l’estime de soi. Les résultats ont montré que 75,5 % des su…
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