Dietary Intake among Adolescents in a Middle-Income Country: An Outcome from the Malaysian Health and Adolescents Longitudinal Research Team Study (the MyHeARTs Study)

Optimal nutrition is essential for healthy growth during adolescence. This study aims to investigate the baseline nutritional intake of Malaysian adolescents by gender, body mass index, and places of residence, both urban and rural. A cohort study was conducted consisting of 794 adolescents (aged 13...

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Published in:PloS one 2016-05, Vol.11 (5), p.e0155447-e0155447
Main Authors: Abdul Majid, Hazreen, Ramli, Liyana, Ying, Sim Pei, Su, Tin Tin, Jalaludin, Muhammad Yazid, Abdul Mohsein, Nabilla Al-Sadat
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent obesity
Adolescents
Analysis
Biology and Life Sciences
Body mass
Body Mass Index
Body size
Cholesterol
Demographic aspects
Diet
Diet Records
Diet Surveys
Dietary intake
Energy consumption
Energy Intake
Female
Females
Food and nutrition
Food habits
Health aspects
Humans
Income
Life Style
Longitudinal Studies
Malaysia - epidemiology
Male
Males
Medicine and Health Sciences
Nutrition
Nutritional Status
Obesity
People and Places
Physical Sciences
Physiological aspects
Preventive medicine
Public Health Surveillance
Risk Factors
Schools
Social Sciences
Socioeconomic Factors
Studies
Sugar
Teenagers
Youth
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Summary:Optimal nutrition is essential for healthy growth during adolescence. This study aims to investigate the baseline nutritional intake of Malaysian adolescents by gender, body mass index, and places of residence, both urban and rural. A cohort study was conducted consisting of 794 adolescents (aged 13-years) attending 15 public secondary schools from the Central (Kuala Lumpur and Selangor) and Northern (Perak) Regions of Peninsular Malaysia. Qualified dietitians conducted a 7-day historical assessment of habitual food intakes. Facilitated by flipcharts and household measurement tools, detailed information on portion sizes and meal contents were recorded. Nutritionist Pro™ Diet Analysis software was also used to analyze the dietary records.The mean age of the adolescents was 12.86 ± 0.33 y; the mean energy intake was 1659.0 ± 329.6 kcal/d. Males had significantly (P < .001) higher energy intake than females (1774.0 ± 369.8 vs 1595.2 ± 320.6 kcal/d); adolescents in rural schools consumed more energy and cholesterol (P < .001) compared to adolescents in urban schools (1706.1 ± 377.7 kcal/d and 244.1 ± 100.2 mg/d, respectively). Obese adolescents in rural schools consumed more energy and sugar (1987.6 ± 374.0 kcal/d and 48.9 ± 23.0 g/d) (p-value
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0155447