Nutritional status of schoolchildren and its distribution in Kuantan, Pahang: a preliminary study

To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among schoolchildren in Kuantan Pahang and to map the distribution. This community based cross sectional study was conducted in Kuantan, Pahang. Stratified random sampling method was used to select schoolchildren from seven subdivision of Kuanta...

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Main Authors:	Mat Ya, Roselawati, Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie, Afandi, Aflah, Mohd Hadzri, Siti Rokiah
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	RJ101 Child Health. Child health services RM214 Diet therapy. Diet and dietectics in disease
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/48280/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/48280/2/WAN_AZDIE_ACN_POSTER_JAPAN.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/48280/5/2015_ACN-abstract.pdf

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spelling	iium-482802016-06-15T02:40:27Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/48280/ Nutritional status of schoolchildren and its distribution in Kuantan, Pahang: a preliminary study Mat Ya, Roselawati Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie Afandi, Aflah Mohd Hadzri, Siti Rokiah RJ101 Child Health. Child health services RM214 Diet therapy. Diet and dietectics in disease To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among schoolchildren in Kuantan Pahang and to map the distribution. This community based cross sectional study was conducted in Kuantan, Pahang. Stratified random sampling method was used to select schoolchildren from seven subdivision of Kuantan district. A total of 253 schoolchildren age 13 years old were included. Data was collected using a questionnaire consisted of questions on socio demographic and anthropometry measurement. Schools’ coordinate were recorded and Geographical Information System (GIS) software was used to map and visualize the distribution of childhood obesity. The prevalence of overweight and obesity among the respondents was 15.8%, while normal and underweight were 75.5% and 8.7% respectively. Overweight and obesity was higher among females (8.7%) compared to males (7.1%). Overweight and obesity was also found higher in urban area (9.1%) compared to rural area (6.7%). However, there were no significant association between body mass index (BMI) with gender (p=0.391) and between urban and rural area (p=0.625). Both urban and rural area had similar percentage of underweight (4.3%). Conclusion: This study shows the prevalence of overweight and obesity among schoolchildren in this area as a major concern. The results warrant the need for further investigation to identify the root cause of childhood obesity in order to develop informed policy and guidelines. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/48280/2/WAN_AZDIE_ACN_POSTER_JAPAN.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/48280/5/2015_ACN-abstract.pdf Mat Ya, Roselawati and Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie and Afandi, Aflah and Mohd Hadzri, Siti Rokiah (2015) Nutritional status of schoolchildren and its distribution in Kuantan, Pahang: a preliminary study. In: 12th Asian Congress of Nutrition (ACN2015), 14-18 May 2015, Yokohama, Japan. (Unpublished)
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spellingShingle	RJ101 Child Health. Child health services RM214 Diet therapy. Diet and dietectics in disease Mat Ya, Roselawati Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie Afandi, Aflah Mohd Hadzri, Siti Rokiah Nutritional status of schoolchildren and its distribution in Kuantan, Pahang: a preliminary study
description	To determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among schoolchildren in Kuantan Pahang and to map the distribution. This community based cross sectional study was conducted in Kuantan, Pahang. Stratified random sampling method was used to select schoolchildren from seven subdivision of Kuantan district. A total of 253 schoolchildren age 13 years old were included. Data was collected using a questionnaire consisted of questions on socio demographic and anthropometry measurement. Schools’ coordinate were recorded and Geographical Information System (GIS) software was used to map and visualize the distribution of childhood obesity. The prevalence of overweight and obesity among the respondents was 15.8%, while normal and underweight were 75.5% and 8.7% respectively. Overweight and obesity was higher among females (8.7%) compared to males (7.1%). Overweight and obesity was also found higher in urban area (9.1%) compared to rural area (6.7%). However, there were no significant association between body mass index (BMI) with gender (p=0.391) and between urban and rural area (p=0.625). Both urban and rural area had similar percentage of underweight (4.3%). Conclusion: This study shows the prevalence of overweight and obesity among schoolchildren in this area as a major concern. The results warrant the need for further investigation to identify the root cause of childhood obesity in order to develop informed policy and guidelines.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Mat Ya, Roselawati Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie Afandi, Aflah Mohd Hadzri, Siti Rokiah
author_facet	Mat Ya, Roselawati Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie Afandi, Aflah Mohd Hadzri, Siti Rokiah
author_sort	Mat Ya, Roselawati
title	Nutritional status of schoolchildren and its distribution in Kuantan, Pahang: a preliminary study
title_short	Nutritional status of schoolchildren and its distribution in Kuantan, Pahang: a preliminary study
title_full	Nutritional status of schoolchildren and its distribution in Kuantan, Pahang: a preliminary study
title_fullStr	Nutritional status of schoolchildren and its distribution in Kuantan, Pahang: a preliminary study
title_full_unstemmed	Nutritional status of schoolchildren and its distribution in Kuantan, Pahang: a preliminary study
title_sort	nutritional status of schoolchildren and its distribution in kuantan, pahang: a preliminary study
publishDate	2015
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/48280/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/48280/2/WAN_AZDIE_ACN_POSTER_JAPAN.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/48280/5/2015_ACN-abstract.pdf
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Nutritional status of schoolchildren and its distribution in Kuantan, Pahang: a preliminary study

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