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Food variety score is associated with dual burden of malnutrition in Orang Asli (Malaysian indigenous peoples) households: implications for health promotion.

This paper reports on the presence of dual burden households in Orang Asli (OA, indigenous people) communities and its associated factors. A total of 182 OA households in two districts in Selangor with the required criteria (182 non-pregnant women of child bearing age and 284 children aged 2-9 years...

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Main Authors: Saibul, Nurfaizah, Mohd Shariff, Zalilah, Lin, Khor Geok, Kandiah, Mirnalini, Abdul Ghani, Nawalyah
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Language:English
Published: Blackwell Publishing 2009
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17707/
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1440-6047/
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spelling my.upm.eprints.177072012-08-17T02:32:13Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17707/ Food variety score is associated with dual burden of malnutrition in Orang Asli (Malaysian indigenous peoples) households: implications for health promotion. Saibul, Nurfaizah Mohd Shariff, Zalilah Lin, Khor Geok Kandiah, Mirnalini Abdul Ghani, Nawalyah This paper reports on the presence of dual burden households in Orang Asli (OA, indigenous people) communities and its associated factors. A total of 182 OA households in two districts in Selangor with the required criteria (182 non-pregnant women of child bearing age and 284 children aged 2-9 years old) participated in the study. Height and weight of both women and children were measured. Energy intake and food variety score (FVS) were determined using three 24-hour diet recalls. While 58% were underweight and 64% of the children were stunted, the prevalence of overweight and obesity in women were 31% and 20% respectively. The percentage of dual burden households (overweight mother/underweight child) was 25.8% while 14.8% households had normal weight mother/normal weight child. The mean food variety score (FVS) was similar for women (7.0+/-2.1) and children (6.9+/-1.9). Dual burden households were associated with women's employment status (OR: 3.18, 95% CI: 2.65-5.66), FVS of children (OR: 0.71, 95% CI: 0.51-0.95) and FVS of women (OR: 1.39, 95% CI: 1.02- 1.89). The FVS of children (OR: 0.49, 95% CI: 0.25-0.89) and women (OR: 1.92, 95% CI: 1.64-2.77) remained significant even when dual burden households were compared to only households with normal weight mother/normal weight child. In these OA communities, food variety may predict a healthier diet in children, but may increase the risk of overweight and obesity in adults. Efforts to address households with dual burden malnutrition should consider promotion of healthy diets and lifestyle for all members. Blackwell Publishing 2009-09 Article PeerReviewed Saibul, Nurfaizah and Mohd Shariff, Zalilah and Lin, Khor Geok and Kandiah, Mirnalini and Abdul Ghani, Nawalyah (2009) Food variety score is associated with dual burden of malnutrition in Orang Asli (Malaysian indigenous peoples) households: implications for health promotion. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 18 (3). pp. 412-422. ISSN 0964-7058 & ESSN: 1440-6047 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1440-6047/ English
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description This paper reports on the presence of dual burden households in Orang Asli (OA, indigenous people) communities and its associated factors. A total of 182 OA households in two districts in Selangor with the required criteria (182 non-pregnant women of child bearing age and 284 children aged 2-9 years old) participated in the study. Height and weight of both women and children were measured. Energy intake and food variety score (FVS) were determined using three 24-hour diet recalls. While 58% were underweight and 64% of the children were stunted, the prevalence of overweight and obesity in women were 31% and 20% respectively. The percentage of dual burden households (overweight mother/underweight child) was 25.8% while 14.8% households had normal weight mother/normal weight child. The mean food variety score (FVS) was similar for women (7.0+/-2.1) and children (6.9+/-1.9). Dual burden households were associated with women's employment status (OR: 3.18, 95% CI: 2.65-5.66), FVS of children (OR: 0.71, 95% CI: 0.51-0.95) and FVS of women (OR: 1.39, 95% CI: 1.02- 1.89). The FVS of children (OR: 0.49, 95% CI: 0.25-0.89) and women (OR: 1.92, 95% CI: 1.64-2.77) remained significant even when dual burden households were compared to only households with normal weight mother/normal weight child. In these OA communities, food variety may predict a healthier diet in children, but may increase the risk of overweight and obesity in adults. Efforts to address households with dual burden malnutrition should consider promotion of healthy diets and lifestyle for all members.
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author Saibul, Nurfaizah
Mohd Shariff, Zalilah
Lin, Khor Geok
Kandiah, Mirnalini
Abdul Ghani, Nawalyah
spellingShingle Saibul, Nurfaizah
Mohd Shariff, Zalilah
Lin, Khor Geok
Kandiah, Mirnalini
Abdul Ghani, Nawalyah
Food variety score is associated with dual burden of malnutrition in Orang Asli (Malaysian indigenous peoples) households: implications for health promotion.
author_facet Saibul, Nurfaizah
Mohd Shariff, Zalilah
Lin, Khor Geok
Kandiah, Mirnalini
Abdul Ghani, Nawalyah
author_sort Saibul, Nurfaizah
title Food variety score is associated with dual burden of malnutrition in Orang Asli (Malaysian indigenous peoples) households: implications for health promotion.
title_short Food variety score is associated with dual burden of malnutrition in Orang Asli (Malaysian indigenous peoples) households: implications for health promotion.
title_full Food variety score is associated with dual burden of malnutrition in Orang Asli (Malaysian indigenous peoples) households: implications for health promotion.
title_fullStr Food variety score is associated with dual burden of malnutrition in Orang Asli (Malaysian indigenous peoples) households: implications for health promotion.
title_full_unstemmed Food variety score is associated with dual burden of malnutrition in Orang Asli (Malaysian indigenous peoples) households: implications for health promotion.
title_sort food variety score is associated with dual burden of malnutrition in orang asli (malaysian indigenous peoples) households: implications for health promotion.
publisher Blackwell Publishing
publishDate 2009
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17707/
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1440-6047/
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