Integrated role of social elements toward obesity in Malay community
The pervasiveness of obesity has been increasing drastically in Malaysia, and proved to be a serious health issue along with its effect on the economic growth of the country. Obesity pervasiveness is found to be higher in Malay community as compared to other ethnics or communities. Hence, the aim...
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my-unisza-ir.66622022-03-30T02:13:31Z http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/6662/ Integrated role of social elements toward obesity in Malay community Norizan, Abdul Ghani Atif Amin, Baig Saif, Ullah R Medicine (General) The pervasiveness of obesity has been increasing drastically in Malaysia, and proved to be a serious health issue along with its effect on the economic growth of the country. Obesity pervasiveness is found to be higher in Malay community as compared to other ethnics or communities. Hence, the aim of this study is to investigate the role of social elements toward obesity in Malay community. A quantitative (cross-sectional) survey was conducted by using questionnaire. A total of 150 obese people from Malay community (age: 20-59 years) were included in the study through purposive sampling. Body mass index of all participants was measured under given guidelines for Asian people. Inferential statistics (Spearman Correlation) was used to obtain the objective of the study. Social elements such as feelings (low self-esteem), body image dissatisfaction, eating habits, physical activity, physical activity barriers and media influence were correlated with obesity. However, dieting behavior, health knowledge and religiosity were found insignificant. This pioneer study has explored the mechanism and role of social elements toward obesity, and providing a baseline data for future researches. It is hoped that the state and federal government could take proactive actions against obesity ratio to secure the health of Malay community, and to decrease financial cost which will also be beneficial for economic growth of the country. AESS Publications 2019-04 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/6662/1/FH02-FSSG-20-36399.pdf Norizan, Abdul Ghani and Atif Amin, Baig and Saif, Ullah (2019) Integrated role of social elements toward obesity in Malay community. Journal of Asian Scientific Research, 9 (12). pp. 235-243. ISSN 2223-1331 10.18488/journal.2.2019.912.235.243 |
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The pervasiveness of obesity has been increasing drastically in Malaysia, and proved to
be a serious health issue along with its effect on the economic growth of the country.
Obesity pervasiveness is found to be higher in Malay community as compared to other
ethnics or communities. Hence, the aim of this study is to investigate the role of social
elements toward obesity in Malay community. A quantitative (cross-sectional) survey
was conducted by using questionnaire. A total of 150 obese people from Malay
community (age: 20-59 years) were included in the study through purposive sampling.
Body mass index of all participants was measured under given guidelines for Asian
people. Inferential statistics (Spearman Correlation) was used to obtain the objective of
the study. Social elements such as feelings (low self-esteem), body image dissatisfaction,
eating habits, physical activity, physical activity barriers and media influence were
correlated with obesity. However, dieting behavior, health knowledge and religiosity
were found insignificant. This pioneer study has explored the mechanism and role of
social elements toward obesity, and providing a baseline data for future researches. It is
hoped that the state and federal government could take proactive actions against
obesity ratio to secure the health of Malay community, and to decrease financial cost
which will also be beneficial for economic growth of the country. |
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