Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Obesogenic environment is identified as an exposure to develop NCD where food intake and physical activity patterns are the shared contributing factors for NCD as early as in adolescence life. This study aimed to determine the association between exposure to surrounding food outlets and physical activity (PA) facilities as the components in obesogenic environment, with obesity profiles among Malaysian adolescents based on residential settings. METHODS: This ecological study was conducted as a part of the Malaysian Health and Adolescent Longitudinal Research team (MyHeART) and involved 1032 students aged 17 years old from 14 schools in three states of Peninsular Malaysia in 2016. Anthropometric measurements and biochemical profiles were taken from the participants. Extensive search combining characteristic observation and ground truth verification methods was conducted to locate food outlets and PA facilities surrounding each school. All results were analysed by using IBM SPSS Statistical Version 23 and ArcGIS 10.3.1 for geographical data. RESULTS: Overweight/obesity rate was 33% among the adolescents with significant spending on food outlets within schools and less time for physical activity. 340 food outlets and 93 PA facilities were mapped into geographical information system. Spatial analysis showed that food outlets selling high energy density food and less vegetables/fruits could be found nearer to schools, while clusters of PA facilities were very dependent on residential settings. DISCUSSION: The findings may assist in improvement of current policies for food environment and physical activity for school-going adolescents through understanding of potential environmental factors that lead to obesity among adolescents.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-56,
title = {Geospatial Assessment of Food Outlets and Facilities for Physical Activity as Components of Obesogenic Environment Surrounding Malaysian Adolescents},
author = {Nadrah Arfizah Arifin and Rosilawati Zainol and Hazreen Abdul Majid},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Obesogenic environment is identified as an exposure to develop NCD where food intake and physical activity patterns are the shared contributing factors for NCD as early as in adolescence life. This study aimed to determine the association between exposure to surrounding food outlets and physical activity (PA) facilities as the components in obesogenic environment, with obesity profiles among Malaysian adolescents based on residential settings. METHODS: This ecological study was conducted as a part of the Malaysian Health and Adolescent Longitudinal Research team (MyHeART) and involved 1032 students aged 17 years old from 14 schools in three states of Peninsular Malaysia in 2016. Anthropometric measurements and biochemical profiles were taken from the participants. Extensive search combining characteristic observation and ground truth verification methods was conducted to locate food outlets and PA facilities surrounding each school. All results were analysed by using IBM SPSS Statistical Version 23 and ArcGIS 10.3.1 for geographical data. RESULTS: Overweight/obesity rate was 33% among the adolescents with significant spending on food outlets within schools and less time for physical activity. 340 food outlets and 93 PA facilities were mapped into geographical information system. Spatial analysis showed that food outlets selling high energy density food and less vegetables/fruits could be found nearer to schools, while clusters of PA facilities were very dependent on residential settings. DISCUSSION: The findings may assist in improvement of current policies for food environment and physical activity for school-going adolescents through understanding of potential environmental factors that lead to obesity among adolescents.},
note = {Type: ORAL PRESENTATION; Organisation: Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Faculty of Built Environment, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur},
keywords = {adolescent health, food outlets, obesity, obesogenic environment, physical activity},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}