Prevalence of obesity and screening for diabetes among secondary school students

• Main Authors: Yu, Edmund Wei Chang, Narwani Hussin,, Marliana Abd Rahim,, Sreevali Muthuvadivelu,, Chan, Wai Seong
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Jabatan Kesihatan Masyarakat, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11587/1/100-942-1-PB.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11587/; http://spaj.ukm.my/ijphr/index.php/ijphr/issue/view/10

Introduction There is an increasing trend of obesity in children and adolescent globally. The objectives of this study were to identify the prevalence of overweight and obesity among students from secondary schools and to determine the mean random blood sugar (RBS) for the overweight and obese stud...