The prevalence of BMI status and household food insecurity among primary school children in Kuantan, Pahang

• Main Authors: Ab Ghalib, Halimatun Saadiah, Sidek, Suriati, Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie, Yahya, Noor Atirah, Mat Ya, Roselawati, Abdul Rahman, Rozlin
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: RA Public aspects of medicine; TX341 Nutrition. Foods and food supply
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/65602/1/NSM%202018%20HALIMATUN%20POSTER.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/65602/2/2018%20NSM%20POSTER%20HALIMATUN%202.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/65602/; https://www.nsmconference.org.my/wp-content/uploads/download/2018/NSM%20Conf%202018_%20Abstract%20Submission%20(poster)%20(with%20grouping)_03.pdf

In Malaysia, the prevalence of childhood obesity is increasing in trend and recently food insecurity was found to be associated with obesity. Therefore, the present study aims to determine the prevalence of household food insecurity and BMI status among primary school children in Kuantan, Pahang....