Food security status and childhood obesity in Kuantan Pahang

Introduction: Food insecurity has become one of the concerning issues in public health. The purpose of this study was to investigate household food security status and its relationship with childhood obesity in Kuantan, Pahang. Methods:This comparative cross sectional study was conducted in Kuant...

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Main Authors:	Mat Ya, Roselawati, Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie, Afandi, Aflah, Ab Rahman, Jamalludin, Mohd Shariff, Zalilah
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia 2017
Subjects:	RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine TX341 Nutrition. Foods and food supply
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spelling	iium-655232018-09-19T01:12:22Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/65523/ Food security status and childhood obesity in Kuantan Pahang Mat Ya, Roselawati Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie Afandi, Aflah Ab Rahman, Jamalludin Mohd Shariff, Zalilah RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine TX341 Nutrition. Foods and food supply Introduction: Food insecurity has become one of the concerning issues in public health. The purpose of this study was to investigate household food security status and its relationship with childhood obesity in Kuantan, Pahang. Methods:This comparative cross sectional study was conducted in Kuantan, Pahang among 128 mothers aged 18 to 55 years with the children aged 7 and 13 years. Data on food security status was collected using Radimer/Cornell hunger and food insecurity instrument through telephone call while children's height and weight as well as socio-demographic data were measured and obtained during schools visits. Results: A total of 23% of the respondents were food secure, while 77% experienced food insecurity. Within food insecure category, 52% were household food insecure, 9% women were individual food insecure and 16% fell into the child hunger category. Income (p=0.04), income per capita (p=0.033), household size (p=0.032) and area of living (p=0.001) were the significant risk factors for household food insecurity. The prevalence of overweight and obesity among children were 60.6% in food insecure households which was higher compared to food-secure households (38.4%).However, there were no significant association between childhood obesity and food security status. Conclusion:This study demonstrates that the prevalence of food insecurity and childhood obesity in this Kuantan, Pahang is a major concern. The results warrant the need for further investigation to identify complex interaction between food insecurity and childhood obesity. Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/65523/1/2017%20Ya%20et%20al.%20-%20Unknown%20-%20FOOD%20SECURITY%20STATUS%20AND%20CHILDHOOD%20OBESITY.pdf Mat Ya, Roselawati and Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie and Afandi, Aflah and Ab Rahman, Jamalludin and Mohd Shariff, Zalilah (2017) Food security status and childhood obesity in Kuantan Pahang. International Journal of Allied Health Sciences, 1 (2). pp. 57-71. E-ISSN 2600-8491 http://journals.iium.edu.my/ijahs/index.php/IJAHS/article/view/66
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spellingShingle	RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine TX341 Nutrition. Foods and food supply Mat Ya, Roselawati Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie Afandi, Aflah Ab Rahman, Jamalludin Mohd Shariff, Zalilah Food security status and childhood obesity in Kuantan Pahang
description	Introduction: Food insecurity has become one of the concerning issues in public health. The purpose of this study was to investigate household food security status and its relationship with childhood obesity in Kuantan, Pahang. Methods:This comparative cross sectional study was conducted in Kuantan, Pahang among 128 mothers aged 18 to 55 years with the children aged 7 and 13 years. Data on food security status was collected using Radimer/Cornell hunger and food insecurity instrument through telephone call while children's height and weight as well as socio-demographic data were measured and obtained during schools visits. Results: A total of 23% of the respondents were food secure, while 77% experienced food insecurity. Within food insecure category, 52% were household food insecure, 9% women were individual food insecure and 16% fell into the child hunger category. Income (p=0.04), income per capita (p=0.033), household size (p=0.032) and area of living (p=0.001) were the significant risk factors for household food insecurity. The prevalence of overweight and obesity among children were 60.6% in food insecure households which was higher compared to food-secure households (38.4%).However, there were no significant association between childhood obesity and food security status. Conclusion:This study demonstrates that the prevalence of food insecurity and childhood obesity in this Kuantan, Pahang is a major concern. The results warrant the need for further investigation to identify complex interaction between food insecurity and childhood obesity.
format	Article
author	Mat Ya, Roselawati Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie Afandi, Aflah Ab Rahman, Jamalludin Mohd Shariff, Zalilah
author_facet	Mat Ya, Roselawati Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie Afandi, Aflah Ab Rahman, Jamalludin Mohd Shariff, Zalilah
author_sort	Mat Ya, Roselawati
title	Food security status and childhood obesity in Kuantan Pahang
title_short	Food security status and childhood obesity in Kuantan Pahang
title_full	Food security status and childhood obesity in Kuantan Pahang
title_fullStr	Food security status and childhood obesity in Kuantan Pahang
title_full_unstemmed	Food security status and childhood obesity in Kuantan Pahang
title_sort	food security status and childhood obesity in kuantan pahang
publisher	Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate	2017
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/65523/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/65523/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/65523/1/2017%20Ya%20et%20al.%20-%20Unknown%20-%20FOOD%20SECURITY%20STATUS%20AND%20CHILDHOOD%20OBESITY.pdf
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Food security status and childhood obesity in Kuantan Pahang

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