The relationship between health risk and consumption of confectioneries: an instrumental variable approach

• Main Authors: Cheah, Yong Kang, Azahadi, Mohd, Mohamad Nor, Noor Safiza, Phang, Siew Nooi, Abd Manaf, Noor Hazilah
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Persatuan Pemakanan Malaysia 2020
• Subjects: RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/88893/7/88893_The%20relationship%20between%20health%20risk%20and%20consumption_fulltext.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/88893/8/88893_The%20relationship%20between%20health%20risk%20and%20consumption_Scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/88893/; https://nutriweb.org.my/mjn/publication/26-2/Vol%2026(2)%2013.mjn.2019.0076%20Cheah.pdf

Introduction: Consumption of confectioneries is a determinant of health risk. However, how health risk determines the intake of confectioneries remains unclear. The objective is to examine how waist circumference (WC) as a measurement of health risk influences the consumption of confectionerie...