Measuring health literacy in Asia: Validation of the HLS-EU-Q47 survey tool in six Asian countries

TV Duong, A Aringazina, G Baisunova… - Journal of …, 2017 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Background: Health literacy has been increasingly recognized as one of the most important
social determinants for health. However, an appropriate and comprehensive assessment …

Dietary and physical activity patterns related to cardio-metabolic health among Malaysian adolescents: a systematic review

S Mohammadi, MY Jalaludin, TT Su, M Dahlui… - BMC Public Health, 2019 - Springer
Background A sedentary lifestyle and an unhealthy diet are major factors in the increasing
prevalence of obesity among Malaysian adolescents. The purpose of this systematic review …

Dietary intake among adolescents in a middle-income country: an outcome from the Malaysian Health and Adolescents Longitudinal Research Team Study (the …

H Abdul Majid, L Ramli, SP Ying, TT Su, MY Jalaludin… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Optimal nutrition is essential for healthy growth during adolescence. This study aims to
investigate the baseline nutritional intake of Malaysian adolescents by gender, body mass …

The associations between VDR BsmI polymorphisms and risk of vitamin D deficiency, obesity and insulin resistance in adolescents residing in a tropical country

R Rahmadhani, NL Zaharan, Z Mohamed, FM Moy… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background The vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene is expressed abundantly in different tissues;
including adipocytes and pancreatic beta cells. The rs1544410 or BsmI single nucleotide …

The longitudinal relationship between nutritional status and anaemia among Malaysian adolescents

V Krishnan, RA Zaki, AM Nahar… - The Lancet Regional …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Introduction The triple burden of malnutrition characterised by stunting and wasting,
overweight/obesity, and anaemia experienced by Malaysians causes severe and long …

[HTML][HTML] Noncommunicable disease risk factors among adolescent boys and girls in Bangladesh: evidence from a national survey

NJ Urmy, MM Hossain, AA Shamim… - Osong Public Health …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives To assess the prevalence of noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk factors and
the factors associated with the coexistence of multiple risk factors (≥ 2 risk factors) among …

Dietary intake, physical activity and muscle strength among adolescents: the Malaysian Health and Adolescents Longitudinal Research Team (MyHeART) study

AK Ng, NN Hairi, MY Jalaludin, HA Majid - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To examine the role of dietary intake and physical activity in muscle strength
among adolescents. Design Cross-sectional analysis. Setting The Malaysian Health and …

Vitamin D deficiency in Malaysian adolescents aged 13 years: findings from the Malaysian Health and Adolescents Longitudinal Research Team study (MyHeARTs)

N Al-Sadat, HA Majid, PY Sim, TT Su, M Dahlui… - BMJ open, 2016 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency (< 37.5 nmol/L) among young
adolescents in Malaysia and its association with demographic characteristics …

Malaysian adolescents' perceptions of healthy eating: a qualitative study

SIZS Ishak, YS Chin, MNM Taib, ZM Shariff - Public health nutrition, 2020 - cambridge.org
Objective: To explore the concepts of healthy eating and to identify the barriers and
facilitating factors for dietary behaviour change in adolescents. Design: A qualitative study …

Determinants of high fasting insulin and insulin resistance among overweight/obese adolescents

JCY Ling, MNA Mohamed, MY Jalaludin, S Rampal… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Hyperinsulinaemia is the earliest subclinical metabolic abnormality, which precedes insulin
resistance in obese children. An investigation was conducted on the potential predictors of …