Nutritional status, energy and protein consumption among primary schoolchildren in Pulau Mantanani, Kota Belud, Sabah

• Main Authors: M. Y., Aza Sherin, Y., Naimah, S., Sabariah, L., Ismail, S., Suhaila
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Nutrition Society of Malaysia 2008
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/6742/1/Nutritional%20status.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/6742/; http://www.nutriweb.org.my/publications/mjn0014_2/supplement.pdf

This study was conducted in April 2007 in Pulau Mantanani, an isolated island northwest of Kota Belud, 80 km north of Kota Kinabalu. Forty-six schoolchildren, boys and girls aged 10, 11 and 12 were included in the study. Anthropometric measurements were taken and compared with the growth charts o...