Ismail Mohd Noor

Taylor's University · School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts

In July 2019, a report published by Fitch Solutions Macro Research estimated that Malaysia has the highest costs in the South East Asian region as a result of high obesity, making up as much as a 20% share of overall of healthcare spending of the country. This fiscal burden is to be reduced by enhancing the quality of health of our population in or...

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Background and objectives: Sleep deprivation and coffee caffeine consumption have been shown to affect glucose homeostasis separately, but the combined effects of these two variables are unknown. Methods and study design: Forty-two healthy Iranian men, aged 20-40 years old, were assigned to three groups in a randomised crossover trial involving...

There is an established link between food promotions and children's food purchase and consumption. Children in developing countries may be more vulnerable to food promotions given the relative novelty of advertising in these markets. This study aimed to determine the scope of television food advertising to children across the Asia-Pacific to inform...

Obesity is a worldwide pandemic, and the prevalence rate has doubled since the 1980s. Asian countries are also experiencing the global epidemic of obesity with its related health consequences. The prevalence of overweight and obesity are increasing at an alarming rate across all age groups in Asia. These increases are mainly attributed to rapid eco...

Obesity or being overweight is a major health problem in Iran. Only few studies are available that compare the obesity prevalence by four different available criteria. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among Isfahani adolescents based on four different definitions. This cross-sectional study was conduct...

Studies on nutrition knowledge in various population groups have often been reported but such studies among the Armed Forces are rarely reported. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the status of nutrition knowledge and the intake of supplements among the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) personnel. A total of 909 RMN personnel based in Lumut, Kuanta...

Sleep problems and sleep disturbances have been associated with several heath-related issues especially in children. However, there are limited data regarding sleep pattern and sleep disorders among Malaysian children. Subjects comprised 183 Malaysian children aged 6–12 years old. Children sleep habit questionnaires were proxy reported by the paren...

A basal metabolic rate(BMR) that is too low is an indicator of a poor physical condition, and could be one of the reasons for overweight. Measuring BMR though, is a time-consuming exercise, and there has long been interest in developing statistical models to predict BMR from demographic and anthropometric measurements. Poh et al. [1] developed ordi...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the body composition of Malaysian Army (MA) personnel and to determine changes in body composition following two weeks of strenuous military training. A total of 40 male subjects, who were apparently healthy, passed the Army Fitness Assessment Test (AFAT) and aged between 18 to 35 years were selected. Body m...

Bovine colostrum (BC) is a rich source of bioactive com-ponents reported to have health promoting effects. The purpose of the present study was to determine the effects of six-week supplementation of BC on the production of gamma-interferon (IFN-γ) by mitogen-stimulated periph-eral blood leucocytes (PBL) in active adolescent male. Subjects were rec...

Immunoglobulin (Ig) is an essential soluble mediator of humoral immunity to prevent infectious agents that invades the host. Secretory IgA is the main effecter in mucosal immunity and acts as a first line of defence in the host immunity system. Exercise is known to modulate the production of specific antibody and it is anticipated that dietary inte...

Children with disease that are admitted to hospitals are vulnerable to an inadequate intake of energy and essential nutrients. Therefore, adequate diet is important to meet their growing energy needs and to help reduce malnutrition-related incidence of morbidity and mortality. An effective nutritional support among pediatric patients in the clinica...

In a rapidly developing country like Malaysia problems related to nutrition present themselves with contrasting features. While health indicators such as the toddler mortality rate, incidence of low birth weight and food balance sheet data suggest an improving nutritional situation, direct nutrition assessment indicates that chronic protein energy...

Women participating in a wide range of competitive sports are at higher risk of developing eating disorders, menstrual irregularities and osteoporosis, which are generally referred to as the 'female athlete triad'. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of female athlete triad and factors associated with this condition among at...

The Malaysian government recently introduced a ban on fast food advertisements targeting children on television. This study reports on data covering 6 months of television food advertising targeting children. Six out of seven of the Nation's commercial television networks participated (response rate = 85.7%). Based on reported timings of children's...

The energy and nutritional requirements of adolescents are influenced primarily by the growth spurt that occurs at puberty, and also by the need to maintain adequate levels of physical activity. Predictions of BMR have gained attention since the publication of the FAO/WHO/UNU (1985) expert consultation report, which adopted the principle of relying...

The accelerated phase of industrialisation and urbanisation in recent decades has inevitably brought about changes in the lifestyle of Malaysians. Changes in dietary habits and sedentary lifestyles are known to be associated with changes in health and increased prevalence of chronic diseases in the population. The objective of this paper is to prov...

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in Malaysia, despite its status as a developing country. The rural population is thought to be at low risk. To investigate the prevalence of risk factors and global risk profile among rural Malays in Malaysia. We studied 609 rural Malay subjects (346 females, 263 males; age range 30-65 year...

The study was designed to determine if the activity pattern of pregnancy women on an intake of energy lower than that recommended will affect fetal growth. Subjects who volunteered were either attending public or private hospitals. Pregnant women in the "private" group were significantly older (p < 0.001) weighed somewhat less and significantly tal...

The field technique for measuring daily energy expenditure, using activity diary plus short-term indirect calorimetry, was validated with a room respirometer. Eleven male and 14 female subjects spent 24-h periods in the respirometer and kept an activity diary to the nearest minute. Subsequently, the energy cost of the recorded activities was measur...

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Biological evaluations using rats were carried out to determine the complementation effects on dietary protein of cooked mung bean/rice and cooked germinated mung bean/rice mixtures. On an isoproteic basis, mung bean protein was found to be of a lower quality than rice protein. Upon complementation with rice, however, the protein quality of the ung...

The effect of germination on the nutritive value of mung beans (Vigna radiata) was studied in raw and cooked samples after 0, 2 and 4 days of germination. Water content increased, but crude protein, lipids, crude fiber, ash and carbohydrates decreased with germination. Trypsin inhibitor activity did not change significantly while hemagglutinins wer...