Obesity prevalence has drastically increased among Malaysian population of 31 million from 15.1% in 2011 to 17.7% in 2015. Many factors can leads to overweight and obesity among school children. The objective of this study is to examine the parental feeding attitude, style and environment factor influence on body mass index among overweight and obese school children. A cross-sectional study design was conducted. The result proved that majority of the overweight and obese children because of the negative attitude and poor practice by parents and poor environment surrounding them.
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