Weight management program focusing on body composition and physical activity at a primary care clinic

• Main Authors: Kamaruzaman, Nor Azam, Abd Rahman, Mohd Aizuddin, Pasi, Hafizah
• Format: Proceeding Paper
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/107263/13/107263_Weight%20management%20program%20focusing%20on%20body%20composition.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/107263/; https://fmsconference.my/

Overweight and obesity are increasingly prevalent with a ratio of 1 in 2 among adult Malaysian. 65 percent of staff in a primary care clinic was found to be either obese or overweight. A program (Fat 2 Fit) with the aim to empower clinic members to achieve reduction in body fat (BF%) and weight (BMI...