Associations of sociodemographic, dietary intake, food security, physical activity, sleep duration with body weight status among children at PPR Pinggiran Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur

Mhd Nazarludin, Nur Nazira lzaty (2019) Associations of sociodemographic, dietary intake, food security, physical activity, sleep duration with body weight status among children at PPR Pinggiran Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Children in Malaysia continues to face the burden of malnutrition, which includes both undernutrition and overnutrition problem As children are more vulnerable to any health and nutrition problem that may impair their later life, this age group should be given extra attention on this body weight issue. The objective of this study was to determine the associations of sociodemographic, food security, dietary intake, physical activity, sleep duration with body weight status among children at PPR Pinggiran Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur. The sample size for this cross-sectional study was 13 7 respondents. The inclusion criteria of respondents were Malaysian children aged 7 to 12 years who live at PPR while the exclusion criteria was children with physical inability that have a limitation on physical functioning and mobility. A face-to-face interview session by using questionnaire was conducted among children along with their parents or caregiver which were divided into seven parts that comprise questions on sociodemographic, food security, physical activity, screen time, duration of sleep and anthropometric measurements of height and weight of the children. BMI-for-age was used to interpret the body weight status of children by using WHO AntroPlus version 1.0.4. Based on the findings, more than half of the boys in this study showed poor body weight status, where 36.5% were obese or overweight, and 25.4% were thinness or severe thinness. In contrast, more than half of the girls showed a normal body weight status (68.5%). Sex (x2 =9.222, p<0.002), age (r=0.271, p<0.001) food security (x2 =10.088, p<0.039), energy intake (r=0.200, p<0.0 19), carbohydrate intake (r=0.169, p<0.049), protein intake (r=0.179, p<0.036) and sleep duration (r=0.331, p<0.001) were found to be associated with BMI-for-age of children. In conclusion, sex, age, food security, energy intake, carbohydrate intake, protein intake and sleep duration were significantly associated with BMI-for-age of children. A holistic observation should be done to the factors that may associate with body weight status of the children. Also, health promotion and awareness should focus more on promoting health among the low income community in the urban area.

Item Type:	Project Paper
Subjects:	R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ101 Child Health. Child health services
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Ms Norafizah Radzuan
Date Deposited:	29 Jan 2026 04:58
Last Modified:	29 Jan 2026 04:58
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/2720

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