Main Meals Intake and Its Association with Nutritional Status Among Adolescent in Malaysia. Finding from Adolescent Nutrition Survey 2017

Mohamad Hasnan Ahmad, Suhaila Abdul Ghaffar, Ainan Nasrina Ismail, Nur Ili Mohamad Tarmizi, Ling Swee Nian, Mahenderan Appukutty, Ruhaya Salleh, Rusidah Selamat, Ahmad Ali Zainuddin, Tahir Aris: Main Meals Intake and Its Association with Nutritional Status Among Adolescent in Malaysia. Finding from Adolescent Nutrition Survey 2017. 2019, (Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Institute for Public Health, Ministry of Health, Malaysia, Nutrition Division, Ministry of Health, Putrajaya, Kemaman District Health Office, Sandakan Regional Health Office, Faculty of Sport Science & Recreation, Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM)).

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The main meal is an important ally to ensure optimum nutrition intake obtained by adolescent for their normal growth. Therefore, the objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of main meals intake and its association with nutritional status among adolescent in Malaysia. METHODS: Nationwide cross-sectional survey namely National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) was conducted in 2017 and focused on adolescent nutrition. This survey recruited about 40,000 student range of standard-4 to form-5 from selected school in the country. Standard question on meal pattern was asked and anthropometric measurement were taken. RESULTS: Descriptive analysis found 30.0%, 47.7% and 52.8% adolescents in Malaysia to practice daily consumption of breakfast, lunch and dinners respectively. There is also 10.1% or 1 in 10 adolescents did not take breakfast at all in a week and it was higher in urban area compared to rural and higher among girls compared to boys. Those who skip breakfast, lunch and dinner also found to have high prevalence of overweight and obesity. Binary logistic regression after adjusted for age, locality, sex and ethnicity found those who skip breakfast tend to 1.168, skip lunch tend to 1.157 and skip dinner tend to 1.329 more likely to become overweight or obese. DISCUSSION: Skipping any main meals should be avoided by adolescents as it gives negative result in their growth and development. Family, school and other related agency must play a role and give strong support for adolescents to practice regular main meals consumption.

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    @proceedings{APCPH-2019-213,
    title = {Main Meals Intake and Its Association with Nutritional Status Among Adolescent in Malaysia. Finding from Adolescent Nutrition Survey 2017},
    author = {Mohamad Hasnan Ahmad and Suhaila Abdul Ghaffar and Ainan Nasrina Ismail and Nur Ili Mohamad Tarmizi and Ling Swee Nian and Mahenderan Appukutty and Ruhaya Salleh and Rusidah Selamat and Ahmad Ali Zainuddin and Tahir Aris},
    year  = {2019},
    date = {2019-07-22},
    urldate = {2019-07-22},
    journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
    issue = {6},
    abstract = {INTRODUCTION: The main meal is an important ally to ensure optimum nutrition intake obtained by adolescent for their normal growth. Therefore, the objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of main meals intake and its association with nutritional status among adolescent in Malaysia. METHODS: Nationwide cross-sectional survey namely National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) was conducted in 2017 and focused on adolescent nutrition. This survey recruited about 40,000 student range of standard-4 to form-5 from selected school in the country. Standard question on meal pattern was asked and anthropometric measurement were taken. RESULTS: Descriptive analysis found 30.0%, 47.7% and 52.8% adolescents in Malaysia to practice daily consumption of breakfast, lunch and dinners respectively. There is also 10.1% or 1 in 10 adolescents did not take breakfast at all in a week and it was higher in urban area compared to rural and higher among girls compared to boys. Those who skip breakfast, lunch and dinner also found to have high prevalence of overweight and obesity. Binary logistic regression after adjusted for age, locality, sex and ethnicity found those who skip breakfast tend to 1.168, skip lunch tend to 1.157 and skip dinner tend to 1.329 more likely to become overweight or obese. DISCUSSION: Skipping any main meals should be avoided by adolescents as it gives negative result in their growth and development. Family, school and other related agency must play a role and give strong support for adolescents to practice regular main meals consumption.},
    note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Institute for Public Health, Ministry of Health, Malaysia, Nutrition Division, Ministry of Health, Putrajaya, Kemaman District Health Office, Sandakan Regional Health Office, Faculty of Sport Science \& Recreation, Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM)},
    keywords = {adolescent, Main meal, Malaysia, nutritional status},
    pubstate = {published},
    tppubtype = {proceedings}
    }