Mohd Ghalil, Nurul Aida Syafiqah (2021) Factors associated with diet quality assessment among young adults in low-income families in Selangor, Malaysia. [Project Paper] (Submitted)
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Abstract
Young adults in Malaysia continue to face the burden of malnutrition, which includes both undernutrition and overnutrition problems. As young adults are more vulnerable to any health and nutrition problem that may impair their later life, this age group should be given extra attention to their diet quality. The objective of this study was to determine the associations of sociodemographic, physical activity, dietary behavior, smoking behavior, energy intake, body mass index with diet quality assessment among young adults in low-income families in Selangor, Malaysia. The sample size for this cross-sectional study was 200 participants. The inclusion criteria of participants were Malaysian young adults aged 18 to 59 years who were from the B40 group while the exclusion criteria were young adults with physical inability that have a limitation on physical functioning and mobility. An online questionnaire was distributed among young adults who were divided into seven parts that comprised questions on sociodemographic, physical activity, dietary behavior, smoking behavior, energy intake, diet quality and anthropometric measurements of height and weight of the young adult. Diet quality index was used to assess the diet quality status of young adults by using the Malaysian diet quality index developed by Fokeena et al., (2016). Based on the findings, most of the participants had high diet quality status with a mean score of 42.34 ± 7.55. In addition, women (91%) showed higher frequencies for high diet quality status than men (29%). Snacking behavior (x2=0.010, p<0.005) and energy intake (r=-0.227, p<0.005) were found to be associated with diet quality status. In conclusion, snacking behavior and energy intake were significantly associated with diet quality status. Increase snacking behaviour would increase the quality of diet while increase energy intake will inversely affect the diet quality. A holistic observation should be done to the factors that may associate with diet quality status of the young adult. Also, health promotion and awareness should focus more on promoting health among the low-income community
| Item Type: | Project Paper |
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| Faculty: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Science |
| Depositing User: | Ms Norafizah Radzuan |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Sep 2023 06:47 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2023 06:47 |
| URI: | http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1295 |
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