Associations between home environment, behavioral factors and body-mass-index among primary school children in Selangor, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Chin, Yit Siew, Woon, Fui Chee, Mohd Taib, Mohd Nasir
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: International Association for the Study of Obesity 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36588/1/Associations%20between%20home%20environment%2C%20behavioral%20factors%20and%20body-mass-index%20among%20primary%20school%20children%20in%20Selangor%2C%20Malaysia.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36588/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/obr.12150/abstract

This study aimed to determine the associations between home environment, behavioral factors, and BMI-for-age among children in Selangor. A total of 568 children aged 10.6 ± 0.6 years and their parents participated in this study. Parents self-reported their body weight and height and completed a ques...