Introduction Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for over 35 million disease cases per year and two-thirds of the world's deaths.1 Nutrition-related non-communicable diseases (N-NCDs), mainly diabetes, cancer, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases, are highly prevalent in most countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR).2 In Lebanon, it is estimated that NCDs accounted for 91% of all deaths in 2016.3 Thus, as a preventive action plan, the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health...