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

• Main Authors: Tin, Myo Han, Md Aris, Mohd Aznan, Mohd Shukri, Nor Azwani, Osman, Iskandar Firzada, M. D., Thuraiappah, Abdullah, Fa’iza, Sahrin, Saidatul Nabilah, Ismail, Nur Athirah, Mazubir, Nizatul Nuraih
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/52180/1/FMSC-%20Professional%20health%20obesity%20status%20and%2024-hours%20diet%20recall%20of%20health-staff%20working%20at%20selected%20three%20primary%20care%20clinics%20in%20Kuantan%2C%20pahang.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/52180/2/FMSC-COVER.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/52180/3/fmsc-obesity%20status.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/52180/

Obesity statics 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 diet...