Assessing Nutritional Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices and Body Mass Index of Adolescent Residents of Orphanage Institutions in Selangor and Malacca

Shaziman, Syimir bin; Rani, Mohd Dzulkhairi Mohd; Aripin, Khairun Nain bin Nor; Hamid, Nazefah Abdul; Sulaiman, Wan Noraini Wan; Rahman, Zairina A.; Abdullah, Mohd Yunus

doi:10.3923/pjn.2017.406.411

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“…The distribution of the nutritional status data subjects in this study showed that most of the subjects had normal nutritional status. These results are consistent with the previous studies related to studies of nutritional behavior of orphanages in Malaysia that most respondents were in the range of normal BMI [7].…”

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The Implementation of Balanced Nutrition Using “Piring Makanku” on Food Consumption of Orphanage Children in Makassar City

Jafar

Nusu

Suriah

2020

Open Access Maced J Med Sci

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BACKGROUND: Compliance with food-based dietary guidelines has been known delivered positive effect on nutrition and public health. AIM: This study aimed to assess the implementation of balanced nutrition using piring makanku on food consumption of orphanage children. METHODS: This study design was quasi-experimental with a non-random pretest-posttest with a control group. A total of 30 samples in each group were selected purposively, the treatment group was given nutrition education and piring makanku while the control group was given nutrition education only. Data collected include subject characteristics, nutritional status, and the use of piring makanku (compliance, practice, and portion acceptability). Statistical analysis used t-test for paired and non-paired groups. RESULTS: The results showed that there were significant differences in both groups after the intervention. Statistically significant results on food consumption in the treatment group included energy (p = 0.002), protein (p = 0.000), and carbohydrate (p = 0.024), whereas in the control group statistically significant on protein (p = 0.002) and fat (p = 0.005). Moreover, there were no significant differences between study groups after the intervention, while there was a significant difference in mean scores of protein and fat intake between groups after the intervention. CONCLUSION: It was concluded that the two forms of intervention in this study had almost the same effect on the subject’s consumption, except for protein and fat intake. As a vulnerable group, children of orphanages need to pay attention to their nutritional and health conditions. In addition, campaign of isi piringku using piring makanku needs to be made in the form of lunch boxes to school.

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“…School-aged children living in social institutions such as orphanages face a high risk of early malnutrition, low intellectual maturity, and loss of closeness to family [7]. This age is a teenager who is very easily influenced in determining lifestyle and eating behavior.…”

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The Implementation of Balanced Nutrition Using “Piring Makanku” on Food Consumption of Orphanage Children in Makassar City

Jafar

Nusu

Suriah

2020

Open Access Maced J Med Sci

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“…According to Shaziman et al (2017), the attitude towards healthy eating influences a person's dietary habits. However, most of the findings in this study showed otherwise.…”

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Survey on salt content in selected food products of fast food restaurants and determination of salt intake awareness among fast food consumers in Klang Valley

Arifen¹,

Saat²,

Haron³

2021

Mal J Nutr

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Introduction: Malaysians are exposed to a high salt diet, which is one of the contributors to the prevalence of hypertension among them. This study aimed to identify the salt content in selected food products of fast food restaurants and to determine the salt intake awareness among fast food consumers. Methods: Salt content data were collected through online survey from the official websites of selected restaurants (Kentucky Fried Chicken, McDonald’s, Subway® and Texas Chicken). The food products were classified into eight food categories (chickenbased, potato-based, rice-based, sandwich, salad, bread, dessert, and sauce). The cross-sectional study on salt intake awareness was conducted among 108 Malaysian adults from these restaurants. A knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) questionnaire was disseminated online. The salt content and the consumers’ salt intake awareness were analysed using Statistical Products and Service Solution (SPSS) software version 25.0. Results: A total of 105 food products were surveyed in this study. Sauce products contained the highest salt content (1.9±0.8 g/100g), followed by bread (1.2±0.3 g/100g), potato-based (1.2±0.4 g/100g), chicken-based (1.2±0.3 g/100g), sandwich (1.1±0.6 g/100g), rice-based (0.7±0.3 g/100g), salad (0.4±0.2 g/100g), and dessert (0.3±0.4 g/100g). For the KAP study, a total of 108 consumers had participated and mostly (48.2%) had a fair level of salt intake awareness. Conclusion: Most food products of fast food restaurants contained high salt content and majority of fast food consumers had a fair level of salt intake awareness. More strategic interventions are needed to control the salt intake among adults in Malaysia

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“…De hecho, estudios realizados en Perú reflejan que existe mayor prevalencia de sobrepeso y obesidad en varones en comparación a las mujeres 32 . Estos hallazgos son congruentes con los resultados de otros estudios 4,6,29 . Sin embargo, existen discrepancias con los hallazgos reportados por Soares et al 33 , quienes informaron que las mujeres brasileñas tienen mayor sobrepeso y obesidad que los varones, mostrando que tienen 2,2 veces más riesgo de tener sobrepeso o ser obesa que los varones.…”

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“…Este modelo sugiere que los conocimientos son un requisito previo para lograr un cambio significativo en tales prácticas 3 . En efecto, a medida que el conocimiento aumenta, las actitudes comienzan a cambiar y, con el tiempo, las prácticas mejoran 4 .…”

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Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas de alimentación saludable e índice de masa corporal en adolescentes peruanos: Un estudio transversal

Pajuelo

Saintila

Vásquez

et al. 2021

Rev Esp Nutr Hum Diet

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Introducción: El sobrepeso y la obesidad constituyen una de las principales preocupaciones sanitarias en los adolescentes. Tener los conocimientos suficientes, representa una opción para disminuir los riesgos. El objetivo del estudio fue evaluar la correlación entre conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas e índice de masa corporal (IMC) en adolescentes peruanos.Material y métodos: Se realizó un estudio no experimental de tipo transversal en 242 adolescentes de edades comprendidas entre 11 a 18 años. Para determinar los conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas sobre alimentación saludable, se desarrolló un cuestionario según los criterios propuestos por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y Alimentación (FAO, por sus siglas en inglés). Además, se calculó el índice de masa corporal para la edad (IMC/Edad) de acuerdo con las recomendaciones de la Organización Mundial de Salud (OMS). El análisis de los datos se hizo mediante el software estadístico IBM SPSS versión 24. Resultados:La proporción de mujeres que demostraron conocimientos altos, actitudes favorables y prácticas adecuadas, fue superior en relación con los varones (76,5 % vs. 75,0%), (75,5% vs. 70,7%) y 72,5% vs. 67,9%, respectivamente. Sin embargo, no hubo diferencias significativas (p>0,05). La proporción de varones que presentaron sobrepeso y obesidad fue 25,7% y 12,1%, respectivamente. Finalmente, se encontró correlación positiva estadísticamente significativa entre el IMC/Edad con los conocimiento, actitudes y prácticas acerca de alimentación saludable en los adolescentes (ρ=0,137; p=0,033), (ρ=0,160; p=0,013) y (ρ=0,133; p=0,039), respectivamente.Conclusiones: Los hallazgos sugieren que los adolescentes, especialmente los varones, deben ser el foco de programas de intervención nutricional integrados, con el propósito de disminuir la prevalencia de sobrepeso y obesidad.

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Assessing Nutritional Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices and Body Mass Index of Adolescent Residents of Orphanage Institutions in Selangor and Malacca

Cited by 7 publications

References 20 publications

The Implementation of Balanced Nutrition Using “Piring Makanku” on Food Consumption of Orphanage Children in Makassar City

The Implementation of Balanced Nutrition Using “Piring Makanku” on Food Consumption of Orphanage Children in Makassar City

Survey on salt content in selected food products of fast food restaurants and determination of salt intake awareness among fast food consumers in Klang Valley

Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas de alimentación saludable e índice de masa corporal en adolescentes peruanos: Un estudio transversal

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