Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Hypercholesterolemia is a global health problem and one of the major risk factors for cardiovascular disease. In line with the recommendation from the World Health Organization to eat at least 400 g, or five portions of fruit and vegetables per day, Malaysian Dietary Guidelines suggest to consume two servings of fruits and three servings of vegetables per day. It could reduce and may have a protective effect of the risk of cardiovascular diseases and helps to ensure an adequate daily intake of dietary fibre. This study aimed to assess inadequate fruit and vegetables intake among the hypercholesterolemic normal body mass index adult population in Malaysia.
METHODS: Data were obtained from a cross-sectional study (National Health and Morbidity Survey 2019) that utilized a two-stage stratified random sampling design among Malaysians aged 18 years old and above. Descriptive analysis was carried out to assess fruit and vegetable intake among hypercholesterolemic normal body mass index adult population using IBM SPSS Statistics version 28.
RESULTS: A total of 33.8% (95% CI: 31.1,36.7) had hypercholesterolemia among Malaysians with normal Body Mass Index. According to Malaysian Dietary Guidelines, almost all (9 of 10) of them had inadequate intake of fruits (91.8% (95% CI: 89.5,93.6)), vegetables (90.8% (95% CI:88.4,92.7) and both fruits and vegetables (95.1% (95% CI:93.3,96.4). DISCUSSION: Adequate fruit and vegetable intake is known as one of the dietary practices to stay healthy. The findings show that Malaysian dietary practices in fruit and vegetables intake were not adequate, especially among hypercholesterolemic adults. Therefore, awareness and knowledge empowerment together with nutritional intervention is needed to achieve the recommendation of fruit and vegetables intake.
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@proceedings{APCPH2022-P-63,
title = {Inadequate Fruit and Vegetable Intake among Normal Body Mass Index Malaysian Adults with Hypercholesterolemia: NHMS 2019},
author = {Khairulhasnan Amali and Halizah Mat Rifin and Ahmad Ali Zainuddin},
url = {https://apcph.cphm.my/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/APCPH2022-P-63.pdf
https://apcph.cphm.my/wp-content/uploads/wpforms/1176-1e04940bb5d885bf8711ed19095a89ed/EnHasnan1-42229f4d549b7dac36ba4db21cad10ed.pdf},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-08-02},
urldate = {2022-08-02},
issue = {7},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Hypercholesterolemia is a global health problem and one of the major risk factors for cardiovascular disease. In line with the recommendation from the World Health Organization to eat at least 400 g, or five portions of fruit and vegetables per day, Malaysian Dietary Guidelines suggest to consume two servings of fruits and three servings of vegetables per day. It could reduce and may have a protective effect of the risk of cardiovascular diseases and helps to ensure an adequate daily intake of dietary fibre. This study aimed to assess inadequate fruit and vegetables intake among the hypercholesterolemic normal body mass index adult population in Malaysia.
METHODS: Data were obtained from a cross-sectional study (National Health and Morbidity Survey 2019) that utilized a two-stage stratified random sampling design among Malaysians aged 18 years old and above. Descriptive analysis was carried out to assess fruit and vegetable intake among hypercholesterolemic normal body mass index adult population using IBM SPSS Statistics version 28.
RESULTS: A total of 33.8% (95% CI: 31.1,36.7) had hypercholesterolemia among Malaysians with normal Body Mass Index. According to Malaysian Dietary Guidelines, almost all (9 of 10) of them had inadequate intake of fruits (91.8% (95% CI: 89.5,93.6)), vegetables (90.8% (95% CI:88.4,92.7) and both fruits and vegetables (95.1% (95% CI:93.3,96.4). DISCUSSION: Adequate fruit and vegetable intake is known as one of the dietary practices to stay healthy. The findings show that Malaysian dietary practices in fruit and vegetables intake were not adequate, especially among hypercholesterolemic adults. Therefore, awareness and knowledge empowerment together with nutritional intervention is needed to achieve the recommendation of fruit and vegetables intake.},
howpublished = {published online at https://apcph.cphm.my},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Institute for Public Health, National Institute of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia},
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pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}