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Comparison of Nutritional Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices between Urban and Rural Secondary School Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in Sabah, East Malaysia

Nutritional knowledge, attitudes and practice (KAP) may guide healthy meal choices. Here, nutritional KAP was compared across school students in Sabah based on locality and gender. A cross-sectional survey of students aged 15–19 years was conducted using multistage sampling. Nutritional KAP was meas...

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Main Authors:	Mohammad Halim Jeinie, Rhanye Mac Guad, Marion M. Hetherington, Gan, Siew Hua, Yin, Nwe Aung, Wu, Yuan Seng, Constance Liew Sat Lin, Ramlah George @ Mohd. Rosli, Waidah Sawatan, Norazmir Md Nor, Nang Kham Oo Leik, Mohd Nazri Mohd Daud, Shutie Fazila Guad
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Language:	English English
Published:	MDPI 2021
Subjects:	LB1603-1696.6 Secondary education. High schools TX341-641 Nutrition. Foods and food supply
Online Access:	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34502/1/Abstract.pdf https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34502/2/Full%20text.pdf https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34502/ https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/9/2037 https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10092037
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spelling	my.ums.eprints.345022022-10-20T01:17:49Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34502/ Comparison of Nutritional Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices between Urban and Rural Secondary School Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in Sabah, East Malaysia Mohammad Halim Jeinie Rhanye Mac Guad Marion M. Hetherington Gan, Siew Hua Yin, Nwe Aung Wu, Yuan Seng Constance Liew Sat Lin Ramlah George @ Mohd. Rosli Waidah Sawatan Norazmir Md Nor Nang Kham Oo Leik Mohd Nazri Mohd Daud Shutie Fazila Guad LB1603-1696.6 Secondary education. High schools TX341-641 Nutrition. Foods and food supply Nutritional knowledge, attitudes and practice (KAP) may guide healthy meal choices. Here, nutritional KAP was compared across school students in Sabah based on locality and gender. A cross-sectional survey of students aged 15–19 years was conducted using multistage sampling. Nutritional KAP was measured via questionnaire. Anthropometric measures of weight and height were taken in person to calculate body mass index (BMI). Among the 994 participants, 80% were urban and 60% were female (mean age 16.5 ± 0.6 yr). Most were of Kadazan-Dusun (23%) ethnicity. Measured height for age Z score (HAZ) and BMI for age Z score (BAZ) differed between urban and rural students (−1.2 ± 0.8 versus −1.5 ± 0.7 for HAZ; p < 0.001; 0.2 ± 1.4 versus −0.1 ± 1.3; p = 0.02, respectively). No difference in nutritional knowledge was found, although urban students prioritized having a healthy/balanced diet (59.55% versus 48.50%, p = 0.03) and ate daily breakfast (57.4% versus 10.2%, p < 0.001) compared to rural. Females scored higher on nutritional knowledge than males (18.9 ± 2.8 vs. 18.1 ± 3.4, respectively, p = 0.0001), yet males selected more healthy/balanced foods (63.3% versus 53.3%, p = 0.041). The gap remains between nutritional KAP and translating this to healthy eating among adolescents, related to locality and gender. MDPI 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34502/1/Abstract.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34502/2/Full%20text.pdf Mohammad Halim Jeinie and Rhanye Mac Guad and Marion M. Hetherington and Gan, Siew Hua and Yin, Nwe Aung and Wu, Yuan Seng and Constance Liew Sat Lin and Ramlah George @ Mohd. Rosli and Waidah Sawatan and Norazmir Md Nor and Nang Kham Oo Leik and Mohd Nazri Mohd Daud and Shutie Fazila Guad (2021) Comparison of Nutritional Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices between Urban and Rural Secondary School Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in Sabah, East Malaysia. Foods, 10 (2037). pp. 1-15. ISSN 2304-8158 https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/9/2037 https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10092037
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spellingShingle	LB1603-1696.6 Secondary education. High schools TX341-641 Nutrition. Foods and food supply Mohammad Halim Jeinie Rhanye Mac Guad Marion M. Hetherington Gan, Siew Hua Yin, Nwe Aung Wu, Yuan Seng Constance Liew Sat Lin Ramlah George @ Mohd. Rosli Waidah Sawatan Norazmir Md Nor Nang Kham Oo Leik Mohd Nazri Mohd Daud Shutie Fazila Guad Comparison of Nutritional Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices between Urban and Rural Secondary School Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in Sabah, East Malaysia
description	Nutritional knowledge, attitudes and practice (KAP) may guide healthy meal choices. Here, nutritional KAP was compared across school students in Sabah based on locality and gender. A cross-sectional survey of students aged 15–19 years was conducted using multistage sampling. Nutritional KAP was measured via questionnaire. Anthropometric measures of weight and height were taken in person to calculate body mass index (BMI). Among the 994 participants, 80% were urban and 60% were female (mean age 16.5 ± 0.6 yr). Most were of Kadazan-Dusun (23%) ethnicity. Measured height for age Z score (HAZ) and BMI for age Z score (BAZ) differed between urban and rural students (−1.2 ± 0.8 versus −1.5 ± 0.7 for HAZ; p < 0.001; 0.2 ± 1.4 versus −0.1 ± 1.3; p = 0.02, respectively). No difference in nutritional knowledge was found, although urban students prioritized having a healthy/balanced diet (59.55% versus 48.50%, p = 0.03) and ate daily breakfast (57.4% versus 10.2%, p < 0.001) compared to rural. Females scored higher on nutritional knowledge than males (18.9 ± 2.8 vs. 18.1 ± 3.4, respectively, p = 0.0001), yet males selected more healthy/balanced foods (63.3% versus 53.3%, p = 0.041). The gap remains between nutritional KAP and translating this to healthy eating among adolescents, related to locality and gender.
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author	Mohammad Halim Jeinie Rhanye Mac Guad Marion M. Hetherington Gan, Siew Hua Yin, Nwe Aung Wu, Yuan Seng Constance Liew Sat Lin Ramlah George @ Mohd. Rosli Waidah Sawatan Norazmir Md Nor Nang Kham Oo Leik Mohd Nazri Mohd Daud Shutie Fazila Guad
author_facet	Mohammad Halim Jeinie Rhanye Mac Guad Marion M. Hetherington Gan, Siew Hua Yin, Nwe Aung Wu, Yuan Seng Constance Liew Sat Lin Ramlah George @ Mohd. Rosli Waidah Sawatan Norazmir Md Nor Nang Kham Oo Leik Mohd Nazri Mohd Daud Shutie Fazila Guad
author_sort	Mohammad Halim Jeinie
title	Comparison of Nutritional Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices between Urban and Rural Secondary School Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in Sabah, East Malaysia
title_short	Comparison of Nutritional Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices between Urban and Rural Secondary School Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in Sabah, East Malaysia
title_full	Comparison of Nutritional Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices between Urban and Rural Secondary School Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in Sabah, East Malaysia
title_fullStr	Comparison of Nutritional Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices between Urban and Rural Secondary School Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in Sabah, East Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Comparison of Nutritional Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices between Urban and Rural Secondary School Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in Sabah, East Malaysia
title_sort	comparison of nutritional knowledge, attitudes and practices between urban and rural secondary school students: a cross-sectional study in sabah, east malaysia
publisher	MDPI
publishDate	2021
url	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34502/1/Abstract.pdf https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34502/2/Full%20text.pdf https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34502/ https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/9/2037 https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10092037
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Comparison of Nutritional Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices between Urban and Rural Secondary School Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in Sabah, East Malaysia

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