Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Fast food consumption is increasing among adolescents. Fast food is generally favoured due to its easy availability despite of its high calorie with high salt and sugar content. This study aims to determine the prevalence of fast food consumption among adolescents in Malaysia and its associated factors. METHODS: Data was derived from the Adolescents Nutrition Survey (ANS) 2017, a cross sectional study using a two-stage stratified random sampling design. RESULTS: This study found that 86.9% of the adolescents in Malaysia consumed fast food. Multiple logistic regression analyses showed that Chinese adolescents had significantly lower odds to consume fast food (aOR 0.32, 95%CI: 0.27, 0.39), and those with overweight or obese BMI (aOR 1.27, 95%CI: 1.05, 1.54) had higher odds of consuming fast food compared to underweight adolescents. Adolescent who eat outside (aOR 5.14, 95%CI: 4.58, 5.76) and also had a habit of snacking (aOR 4.19, 95%CI: 3.59, 4.91) significantly higher odds of consuming fast food. DISCUSSION: The prevalence of fast food consumption among adolescents is very high. Efforts need to be taken to educate adolescents regarding healthy eating. Prompt actions also need to be taken with regards to laws and regulations associated with advertising and marketing of fast food for adolescents.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-54,
title = {Fast Food Consumption Among Adolescent and Its Related Factors: Findings from NHMS Adolescent Nutrition Survey 2017},
author = {Ruhaya Salleh},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Fast food consumption is increasing among adolescents. Fast food is generally favoured due to its easy availability despite of its high calorie with high salt and sugar content. This study aims to determine the prevalence of fast food consumption among adolescents in Malaysia and its associated factors. METHODS: Data was derived from the Adolescents Nutrition Survey (ANS) 2017, a cross sectional study using a two-stage stratified random sampling design. RESULTS: This study found that 86.9% of the adolescents in Malaysia consumed fast food. Multiple logistic regression analyses showed that Chinese adolescents had significantly lower odds to consume fast food (aOR 0.32, 95%CI: 0.27, 0.39), and those with overweight or obese BMI (aOR 1.27, 95%CI: 1.05, 1.54) had higher odds of consuming fast food compared to underweight adolescents. Adolescent who eat outside (aOR 5.14, 95%CI: 4.58, 5.76) and also had a habit of snacking (aOR 4.19, 95%CI: 3.59, 4.91) significantly higher odds of consuming fast food. DISCUSSION: The prevalence of fast food consumption among adolescents is very high. Efforts need to be taken to educate adolescents regarding healthy eating. Prompt actions also need to be taken with regards to laws and regulations associated with advertising and marketing of fast food for adolescents.},
note = {Type: ORAL PRESENTATION; Organisation: Institute for Public Health},
keywords = {adolescent, fast food, Malaysia, NHMS},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}