Parental influences on children’s Body Mass Index (BMI) level among kindergarten pupils in Tadika Tengku Anis II, Kota Bharu, Kelantan / Noramirah Che Omar, Ummi Nabihah Mohd Azhar and Nur Farhan Natasha Mohamad Nasir

• Main Authors: Che Omar, Noramirah, Mohd Azhar, Ummi Nabihah, Mohamad Nasir, Nur Farhan Natasha
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Medical education. Medical schools. Research; Eating disorders; Child Health. Child health services
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/34496/1/34496.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/34496/

Being underweight has a marked effect on one’s physical health specifically on heart and circulation system, sex hormones and fertility, bones’ strength and others. In Peninsular Malaysia, studied done by Khor and Tee (1997) stated that 32.6% of the boys and 35.9% of the girls were underweight among...