Abstract
Introduction: Adolescents are facing a series of nutritional challenges which are not only affecting their growth and development but also their livelihood as adults. This is a vulnerable period in the human life cycle for the development of nutritional deficiencies particularly anaemia which has been neglected by public health program. The nutritional and health needs of adolescents are high because of the growth spurt and the increased physical activity. The aim of this study is to determine the trend of dietary intake among Malaysian adolescents from 13 to 17 years old. Method: It is a secondary analysis of data from MyHeART adolescent cohort. The 7-day historical assessment of habitual food intakes was conducted by qualified dietitians who were facilitated by flipcharts and household measurement tools. Nutritionist ProDiet Analysis software was used to analyze the dietary records. Generalized estimating equation (GEE) was constructed to evaluate the trend of total energy, protein and iron intake over the 5 years period. Result: The percentage of adolescents who did not meet RNI for iron continued to increase progressively from 2012 to 2016[26.6%(95%CI:21.1,32.0), 63.9%(95%CI:56.9,70.3), 77.8%(95% CI:71.6,83.0)].It was more significant among the females whose prevalence of not meeting RNI for iron intake increased drastically [22.4%(95%CI:17.2,28.6), 86.6% (95%CI: 79.5,91.5), 93.8% (95% CI: 88.1,96.9)].More than 80% of the adolescents did not meet RNI for total energy intake over the 5 years. Discussion: Generally, the trend of dietary intake showed that majority of the adolescents did not meet the Recommended Nutrient Intake (RNI) for total energy and iron intake daily through-out the 5-years period. Thus, the planning and implementation of a structured and specific intervention is recommended to overcome this nutritional inequality in adolescent age group.
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@proceedings{APCPH2022-O-60,
title = {Trends in Dietary Intake Among Malaysian Adolescents from 2012 to 2016: An Outcome from the Malaysian Health and Adolescents Longitudinal Research Team Study (the MyHeARTs Study)},
author = {Vanitha Krishnan and H Abdul Majid and RA Zaki and MY Jalaludin},
url = {https://apcph.cphm.my/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/APCPH2022-O-60.pdf
https://apcph.cphm.my/events/oral-session-1-ballroom-A/},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-08-01},
urldate = {2022-08-02},
issue = {7},
abstract = {Introduction: Adolescents are facing a series of nutritional challenges which are not only affecting their growth and development but also their livelihood as adults. This is a vulnerable period in the human life cycle for the development of nutritional deficiencies particularly anaemia which has been neglected by public health program. The nutritional and health needs of adolescents are high because of the growth spurt and the increased physical activity. The aim of this study is to determine the trend of dietary intake among Malaysian adolescents from 13 to 17 years old. Method: It is a secondary analysis of data from MyHeART adolescent cohort. The 7-day historical assessment of habitual food intakes was conducted by qualified dietitians who were facilitated by flipcharts and household measurement tools. Nutritionist ProDiet Analysis software was used to analyze the dietary records. Generalized estimating equation (GEE) was constructed to evaluate the trend of total energy, protein and iron intake over the 5 years period. Result: The percentage of adolescents who did not meet RNI for iron continued to increase progressively from 2012 to 2016[26.6%(95%CI:21.1,32.0), 63.9%(95%CI:56.9,70.3), 77.8%(95% CI:71.6,83.0)].It was more significant among the females whose prevalence of not meeting RNI for iron intake increased drastically [22.4%(95%CI:17.2,28.6), 86.6% (95%CI: 79.5,91.5), 93.8% (95% CI: 88.1,96.9)].More than 80% of the adolescents did not meet RNI for total energy intake over the 5 years. Discussion: Generally, the trend of dietary intake showed that majority of the adolescents did not meet the Recommended Nutrient Intake (RNI) for total energy and iron intake daily through-out the 5-years period. Thus, the planning and implementation of a structured and specific intervention is recommended to overcome this nutritional inequality in adolescent age group.},
howpublished = {published online at https://apcph.cphm.my},
note = {Type: ORAL PRESENTATION; Organisation: Jabatan Kesihatan Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur \& Putrajaya; Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya},
keywords = {Anaemia; Adolescents; Recommended Nutrient Intake (RNI); Generalized Estimating Equation (GEE); Dietary Intake; MyHeART},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}