Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Obesity in adolescents is a major public health problem in Malaysia. Understanding self-regulation in relation to body weight status is important. The objective of this study was to determine the weight status and its association with the level of self-regulation in maintaining healthy body among secondary school students in Hulu Langat, Selangor. METHODS: A cross sectional study conducted among secondary school students in Hulu Langat district. Those with parental consent were selected and their Body Mass Index (BMI) was calculated and weight status was classified using CDC BMI for age. They were given a set of self-administered questionnaires to gather information on socio-demographic profiles, dietary habits, exercise level and self-regulations. T test was used to measure the association between self-regulation and weight status. RESULTS: There were 636 students participated in this study and 26.2% of them were overweight and obese. Only 3.1% (21) were amotivated or not interested in maintaining healthy body weight, 52.4% of them had normal weight. Among those who were interested, they had both high external (controlled regulation, with mean (SD) score of 36.4 (9.2) and internal (autonomous regulation, with mean (SD) score of 36.2 (4.4) regulations to maintain healthy weight. There was no association between weight status and autonomous regulation or controlled regulation. CONCLUSION: Regardless of the studentsÂ’ weight status, students seem to have similar level of external and internal level of motivation in maintaining body weight. This perhaps warrant for an intervention especially for overweight students to increase their motivation.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-311,
title = {Weight Status and Its Association of Self-Regulation Among Secondary School Students in Hulu Langat, Selangor},
author = {Noor Azimah Muhammad and Anu Suria},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Obesity in adolescents is a major public health problem in Malaysia. Understanding self-regulation in relation to body weight status is important. The objective of this study was to determine the weight status and its association with the level of self-regulation in maintaining healthy body among secondary school students in Hulu Langat, Selangor. METHODS: A cross sectional study conducted among secondary school students in Hulu Langat district. Those with parental consent were selected and their Body Mass Index (BMI) was calculated and weight status was classified using CDC BMI for age. They were given a set of self-administered questionnaires to gather information on socio-demographic profiles, dietary habits, exercise level and self-regulations. T test was used to measure the association between self-regulation and weight status. RESULTS: There were 636 students participated in this study and 26.2% of them were overweight and obese. Only 3.1% (21) were amotivated or not interested in maintaining healthy body weight, 52.4% of them had normal weight. Among those who were interested, they had both high external (controlled regulation, with mean (SD) score of 36.4 (9.2) and internal (autonomous regulation, with mean (SD) score of 36.2 (4.4) regulations to maintain healthy weight. There was no association between weight status and autonomous regulation or controlled regulation. CONCLUSION: Regardless of the studentsÂ’ weight status, students seem to have similar level of external and internal level of motivation in maintaining body weight. This perhaps warrant for an intervention especially for overweight students to increase their motivation.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation:},
keywords = {obesity, overweight, Self-Regulation, Students, Weight Status},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}