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Hypermarkets use marketing strategies that influence food choices and consumer buying behavior. This study aimed to identify the prevalence of promotions for ‘healthy’ and ‘unhealthy’ foods (on the front page vs the entire flyers) in hypermarket flyers in Malaysia and compare the healthiness of food products advertised during festive and non-festiv...
The low fermentable oligo-, di-, mono-saccharides and polyols (FODMAP) diet (LFD) is a second-line dietary intervention for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patients, involving FODMAP restriction, reintroduction, and personalization, and it needs to be delivered by dietitians. However, the application of this diet among Malaysian IBS patients is not...
BACKGROUND
Prevailing childhood obesity in Asia adds risk for future adult burden of obesity and non-communicable diseases. Weak policies across most Asian countries enables unrestricted marketing of obesogenic foods and beverages directly to children. Television is the common medium for food marketing to reach this audience.
OBJECTIVE
This study...
Background
Rising childhood obesity rates in Asia are adding risk for the future adult burden of obesity and noncommunicable diseases. Weak policies across most Asian countries enable unrestricted marketing of obesogenic foods and beverages to children. Television is the common medium for food marketing to reach this audience.
Objective
This study...
Purpose
Ulam is a traditional salad that contains high levels of antioxidants and is commonly consumed in raw form. However, the average ulam consumption among the low-income Malaysian population was only ½ serving daily. Thus, this study aimed to explore the motivators and barriers to ulam consumption among residents of low-cost housing areas (hou...
Objective:This paper aims to report South East Asian Nutrition Surveys (SEANUTS) II Malaysia data on nutritional status, dietary intake, and nutritional biomarkers of children aged 6 months to 12 years.
Design:Cross-sectional survey conducted in 2019-2020.
Setting:Multistage cluster sampling conducted in Central, Northern, Southern, and East Coast...
Background: It is considered that the implementation of nutrition care process (NCP) leads to more efficient and effective care, as well as enhancing the roles of dietetics and nutrition professionals in the clinical setting. However, little is known about the NCP being implemented in the sports nutrition setting to deliver nutrition care, especial...
Taxes on sugar-sweetened beverage (SSBs) are recommended as part of comprehensive policy action to prevent diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs), but have been adopted by only one quarter of World Health Organization (WHO) Member States. This paper presents a comparative policy analysis of recent SSB taxes (2016-2019) in 16 countries. This...
Introduction
The decreasing level of physical activity among female undergraduates is worrying as it is associated with the increased risk of non-communicable diseases. Thus, this study aimed to identify the motivations, barriers and preferences towards exercise among female undergraduates in Malaysia.
Methods
A non-probability purposive sampling...
Introduction:
The diabetes mellitus-periodontitis relationship has advocated several strategic management approaches on effective glycaemic control and oral health improvement for diabetic patients and periodontitis patients with diabetes. We aimed to identify the challenges of providing health education to patients with diabetes and/or periodonti...
This retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted to study consumers' perceptions of healthy food availability in online food delivery applications (OFD apps) among public university students in Malaysia and its association with their food choices. A total of 290 subjects aged 19–29 years old were recruited from 20 public universities in Malay...
Background
A good understanding of the bi-directional relationship between diabetes and periodontitis is essential to ensure the successful management of both diseases. This study aimed to develop and evaluate an integrated diabetes-periodontitis nutrition and health education module.
Methods
The module was developed as an iterative and review pro...
The prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency is significant even in tropical countries such as Malaysia. Sun exposure is the primary source of vitamin D for most people due to limited intakes of food containing vitamin D and supplements. This study explored the perception of barriers towards sun exposure and strategies to overcome these barriers among...
Adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus are prone to have eating problems. This study aimed to determine factors of eating problems among this population in University Malaya Medical Centre. Fifteen adolescents who scored more than 20 marks in the Diabetes Eating Problem Survey – Revised questionnaire were invited for an in-depth interview. Quest...
Background: It is considered that the implementation of nutrition care process (NCP) leads to more efficient and effective care, as well as enhancing the roles of dietetics and nutrition professionals in the clinical setting. However, little is known about the NCP being implemented in the sports nutrition setting to deliver nutrition care, especial...
Background:
The impact of declining physical activity and increased sedentary behaviour in children and adolescents globally prompted the development of national and international physical activity guidelines. This research aims to systematically identify and compare national and international physical activity guidelines for children and adolesce...
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Introduction: The refeeding programme in government hospitals is aimed at improving the nutritional status of malnourished children with weight-for-height z-score (WHZ) below-2.0, using special therapeutic food. However, there is a lack of data on the nutritional status of indigenous (Orang Asli) children when they return to the community after hos...
Consumption of fruits and vegetables among adults, especially those in low-income households did not meet the Malaysian Dietary Guidelines (2010) recommendation. The objective of this study was to explore the motivators and barriers to the consumption of fruits and vegetables among low-income adults in Gombak. Social Cognitive Theory was used to in...
Healthy eating is one of the ways of disease prevention around the world. The aim of this study was to determine the level of knowledge, attitude and practice of healthy eating and their associated factors among university students in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. A cross sectional study was carried out from May 2012 until February 2013 in one p...
Introduction: Understanding the perceptions of healthcare professionals and patients regarding gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is important for optimal pregnancy outcomes. This study aimed to identify the problems faced by healthcare professionals in the management of GDM and the patients' perspectives as well. Methods: Two focus groups consist...
Introduction: Understanding the perceptions of healthcare professionals and patients regarding gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is important for optimal pregnancy outcomes. This study aimed to identify the problems faced by healthcare professionals in the management of GDM and the patients' perspectives as well. Methods: Two focus groups consist...
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– The aim of this study was to determine the levels of satisfaction (food quality, service quality, ambience, price and portion) among postgraduate Health Sciences students on the cafeteria facilities in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Kuala Lumpur Campus. In Malaysia, the total number of postgraduate in higher institution increase fr...
Background: Food advertising on television (TV) is well known to influence children's purchasing requests and models negative food habits in Western countries. Advertising of unhealthy foods is a contributor to the obesogenic environment that is a key driver of rising rates of childhood obesity. Children in developing countries are more at risk of...
