Professional health: obesity status and 24-hours diet recall of health-staff working at selected three primary care clinics in Kuantan, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Tin, Myo Han, Md Aris, Mohd Aznan, Mohd Shukri, Nor Azwani, Osman, Iskandar Firzada, Thuraiapprah, Mahendran, Abdullah, Fa’iza, Sahrin, Saidatul Nabila, Ismail, Nur Athirah, Mazubir, Nizatul Nuraih
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RK Dentistry
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/51913/1/51913.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/51913/

Obesity statistics in Malaysia rank sixth with highest adult obesity rate in Asia. Therapeutic Lifestyle-Change diet (TLC-Diet) is advised by health-practitioners to over-weight/obese patients as one component of lifestyle modification therapy. However, there is limited data on obesity-status and di...