Prevalence and Sociodemographic Factors of Malnutrition among Children in Malaysia

Khambalia, Amina; Lim, Siew; Gill, Tim; Bulgiba, Awang

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“…This finding was comparable to that found in Singapore and Thailand, but was relatively higher than that of Indonesia and Vietnam24. However, based on the most recent and representative estimates available in Malaysia, the prevalence of underweight is higher than that of overweight25. Moreover, in the urban Pakistan, a four-fold increase in the number of overweight school-aged children in the past 5 years was found, highlighting the alarmingly rapid rise in childhood overweight and obesity26.…”

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Prevalence of overweight and malnutrition among ethnic minority children and adolescents in China, 1991–2010

Guo

Zhao

et al. 2016

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This study aimed to determine the trends in prevalence of childhood overweight and malnutrition in a large Chinese ethnic minority population from 1991 to 2010. In the Chinese National Survey on Students’ Constitution and Health from 1991 to 2010, multistage stratified sampling was conducted in the series of cross-sectional studies. Participants were 7–18-year-old students randomly selected by sex and region, and included Han and 26 ethnic minorities. During the survey period, the overall prevalence of overweight increased from 5.8% to 13.5%, and malnutrition trend increased from 3.6% to 4.1% in ethnic minority children and adolescents. Moreover, Korean and Mongol children were more likely than Han children to be obese (Korean: RR = 1.52; 95% CI: 1.48–1.56; Mongol: RR = 1.24; 95% CI: 1.20–1.28). Among these minorities, the Dongxiang and Li children were more likely to be malnourished (Li: RR = 1.47; 95% CI: 1.37–1.57; Dongxiang: RR = 1.45; 95% CI: 1.34–1.58). Shui, Khalkhas, Lisu, and Monguor children were less likely to be overweight and malnourished compared with the Hans. The prevalence of overweight among ethnicities increased yearly while that for malnutrition has fluctuated over the past few decades.

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Prevalence of overweight and malnutrition among ethnic minority children and adolescents in China, 1991–2010

Guo

Zhao

et al. 2016

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“…11 This pattern is also reported from South and West Asian populations with high prevalence of underweight in children and adolescents. 12,13 The association between socioeconomic status (SES) and obesity has been documented among adults; however, results are conflicting in the pediatric age group. 14e16 Childhood and adolescence are considered critical periods of rapid growth during the life span of human beings; therefore, screening, identification, and treatment of growth failure deserve ample attention in developing countries.…”

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Prevalence of Growth Disorders in a Nationally Representative Sample of Iranian Adolescents According to Socioeconomic Status: The CASPIAN-III Study

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Motlagh

Qorbani

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Pediatrics & Neonatology

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“…Within 30 years, Malaysia has undergone a transition from under-nutrition to relative over-nutrition. The incidence of underweight children had decreased from 55% to 14.4% within a decade [1]. Meanwhile, findings from the National Health Morbidity Survey (2006) showed that the number of children aged 10 to 12 years classified as overweight had increased from 5.4% to 16.3% over the last decade [2,3].…”

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Association between the school environment and children’s body mass index in Terengganu: A cross sectional study

Wafa

Ghazalli

2020

PLoS ONE

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With the ongoing interest in implementing school policies to address the problem of childhood obesity in Malaysia, there is urgent need for information about the association between school environment and children's weight status. This study aims to investigate the association between school environmental factors (physical, economic, political and sociocultural) with BMI of school children in Terengganu. The school environment factors were assessed using a set of validated whole-school environmental mapping questionnaires, consisting of 76 criteria with four domains; physical environment (41 criteria), economic environment (nine criteria), political environment (nine criteria) and sociocultural environment (17 criteria). This involved face-to-face interview sessions with 32 teachers from 16 schools (eight rural and eight urban). In addition, 400 school children aged between 9 and 11 years of the selected schools were assessed for BMI (WHO 2007 reference chart), dietary intake (food frequency questionnaire (FFQ)) and physical activity level (physical activity questionnaire for children (PAQ-C)). Multiple regression was used to examine the association between school environment factors and BMI of the school children. Seven school environment criteria were found to be associated with BMI of school children when it was adjusted for calorie intake and physical activity level. About 33.4% of the variation in BMI of school children was explained by health professional involvement, simple exercise before class, encouragement to walk/ride bicycle to/from school, no high-calorie food sold, healthy options of foods and drinks at tuck shop, availability of policy on physical activity and training teacher as a role model. Policy makers should make urgent actions to address the obesogenic features of school environments. It should strive towards setting up healthy school environment and improving school curricula to promote healthy behaviours among the school children.

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Prevalence and Sociodemographic Factors of Malnutrition among Children in Malaysia

Cited by 25 publications

References 20 publications

Prevalence of overweight and malnutrition among ethnic minority children and adolescents in China, 1991–2010

Prevalence of overweight and malnutrition among ethnic minority children and adolescents in China, 1991–2010

Prevalence of Growth Disorders in a Nationally Representative Sample of Iranian Adolescents According to Socioeconomic Status: The CASPIAN-III Study

Association between the school environment and children’s body mass index in Terengganu: A cross sectional study

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