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Are Malaysians getting fatter and rounder?: an updated systematic review (2009 – 2015)

Overweight and obesity have become a serious health issue in worldwide and Malaysia is no exception. In view that obesity is one of the leading causes of non-communicable diseases, this systematic review aimed to explore whether Malaysian are getting fatter (overweight or obesity) and rounder (abdom...

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Main Authors: Tan, Siew Tin, Mohd Sidik, Sherina, Gyanchand Rampal, Lekhraj Rampal, Ibrahim, Normala, Tan, Kit Aun
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Published: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2019
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spelling my.upm.eprints.672512019-03-08T06:28:13Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/67251/ Are Malaysians getting fatter and rounder?: an updated systematic review (2009 – 2015) Tan, Siew Tin Mohd Sidik, Sherina Gyanchand Rampal, Lekhraj Rampal Ibrahim, Normala Tan, Kit Aun Overweight and obesity have become a serious health issue in worldwide and Malaysia is no exception. In view that obesity is one of the leading causes of non-communicable diseases, this systematic review aimed to explore whether Malaysian are getting fatter (overweight or obesity) and rounder (abdominal obesity). Searches of the published literature were conducted using 3 databases including EMBASE, MEDLINE, and PubMed. These were limited to cross-sectional or cohort studies in Malaysia. The databases provided the prevalence of overweight, obesity, and abdominal obesity among 15 years old and above Malaysian population from 2009 to 2015. In total, 47 articles were included in this review. Findings exhibit that the prevalence rates of overweight, obesity, and abdominal obesity range from 9.5% to 43.5%, 1.77% to 26.4% and 11.4% to 57.4%, respectively. Overweight is more predominant among males. However, obesity and abdominal obesity are more predominant among females. This means that more females are getting fatter and “rounder” as compared to males in Malaysia. The findings imply a lack of intervention programmes based on proper randomized controlled trials which are needed to adequately address the problem of obesity in Malaysia. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/67251/1/2019010811410109_MJMHS_Jan_2019.pdf Tan, Siew Tin and Mohd Sidik, Sherina and Gyanchand Rampal, Lekhraj Rampal and Ibrahim, Normala and Tan, Kit Aun (2019) Are Malaysians getting fatter and rounder?: an updated systematic review (2009 – 2015). Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 15 (1). pp. 63-77. ISSN 1675-8544; ESSN: 2636-9346 http://www.medic.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/2019010811410109_MJMHS_Jan_2019.pdf
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description Overweight and obesity have become a serious health issue in worldwide and Malaysia is no exception. In view that obesity is one of the leading causes of non-communicable diseases, this systematic review aimed to explore whether Malaysian are getting fatter (overweight or obesity) and rounder (abdominal obesity). Searches of the published literature were conducted using 3 databases including EMBASE, MEDLINE, and PubMed. These were limited to cross-sectional or cohort studies in Malaysia. The databases provided the prevalence of overweight, obesity, and abdominal obesity among 15 years old and above Malaysian population from 2009 to 2015. In total, 47 articles were included in this review. Findings exhibit that the prevalence rates of overweight, obesity, and abdominal obesity range from 9.5% to 43.5%, 1.77% to 26.4% and 11.4% to 57.4%, respectively. Overweight is more predominant among males. However, obesity and abdominal obesity are more predominant among females. This means that more females are getting fatter and “rounder” as compared to males in Malaysia. The findings imply a lack of intervention programmes based on proper randomized controlled trials which are needed to adequately address the problem of obesity in Malaysia.
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author Tan, Siew Tin
Mohd Sidik, Sherina
Gyanchand Rampal, Lekhraj Rampal
Ibrahim, Normala
Tan, Kit Aun
spellingShingle Tan, Siew Tin
Mohd Sidik, Sherina
Gyanchand Rampal, Lekhraj Rampal
Ibrahim, Normala
Tan, Kit Aun
Are Malaysians getting fatter and rounder?: an updated systematic review (2009 – 2015)
author_facet Tan, Siew Tin
Mohd Sidik, Sherina
Gyanchand Rampal, Lekhraj Rampal
Ibrahim, Normala
Tan, Kit Aun
author_sort Tan, Siew Tin
title Are Malaysians getting fatter and rounder?: an updated systematic review (2009 – 2015)
title_short Are Malaysians getting fatter and rounder?: an updated systematic review (2009 – 2015)
title_full Are Malaysians getting fatter and rounder?: an updated systematic review (2009 – 2015)
title_fullStr Are Malaysians getting fatter and rounder?: an updated systematic review (2009 – 2015)
title_full_unstemmed Are Malaysians getting fatter and rounder?: an updated systematic review (2009 – 2015)
title_sort are malaysians getting fatter and rounder?: an updated systematic review (2009 – 2015)
publisher Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate 2019
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/67251/1/2019010811410109_MJMHS_Jan_2019.pdf
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