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Evaluation of diet quality and its associated factors among adolescents in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: This study aims to determine contribution of meal frequency, self-efficacy for healthy eating, and availability of healthy foods towards diet quality of adolescents in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. SUBJECTS/METHODS: This study was conducted among 373 adolescents aged from 13 to 16 y...
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The Korean Nutrition Society and the Korean Society of Community Nutrition
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4575964/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26425281 http://dx.doi.org/10.4162/nrp.2015.9.5.511 |
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author | Rezali, Fara Wahida Chin, Yit Siew Mohd Shariff, Zalilah Mohd Yusof, Barakatun Nisak Sanker, Kaartina Woon, Fui Chee |
author_facet | Rezali, Fara Wahida Chin, Yit Siew Mohd Shariff, Zalilah Mohd Yusof, Barakatun Nisak Sanker, Kaartina Woon, Fui Chee |
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description | BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: This study aims to determine contribution of meal frequency, self-efficacy for healthy eating, and availability of healthy foods towards diet quality of adolescents in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. SUBJECTS/METHODS: This study was conducted among 373 adolescents aged from 13 to 16 years old. Diet quality of the respondents was assessed using the Healthy Eating Index for Malaysians. Meal frequency, self-efficacy for healthy eating, and availability of healthy foods were assessed through the Eating Behaviours Questionnaire (EBQ), self-efficacy for healthy eating scale, and availability of healthy foods scale, respectively. RESULTS: The majority of the respondents (80.7%) were at risk of poor diet quality. Males (mean = 34.2 ± 8.2%) had poorer diet quality than females (mean = 39.9 ± 9.0%) (t = -5.941, P < 0.05). Malay respondents (mean = 36.9 ± 8.7%) had poorer diet quality than Indian respondents (mean = 41.3 ± 10.0%) (F = 2.762, P < 0.05). Age (r = 0.123, P < 0.05), self-efficacy for healthy eating (r = 0.129, P < 0.05), and availability of healthy foods (r = 0.159, P < 0.05) were positively correlated with the diet quality of the respondents. However, meal frequency was not correlated with the diet quality of the respondents. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that being a male, being a Malay, low self-efficacy for healthy eating, and low availability of healthy foods contributed significantly towards poor diet quality among respondents. CONCLUSIONS: In short, sex, ethnicity, self-efficacy for healthy eating, and availability of healthy foods were associated with diet quality among adolescents. Health practitioners should take into consideration of differences in sex and ethnicity during implementation of nutrition-related intervention programs. Self-efficacy for healthy eating and availability of healthy foods should be included as important components in improving diet quality of adolescents. |
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spelling | pubmed-45759642015-10-01 Evaluation of diet quality and its associated factors among adolescents in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Rezali, Fara Wahida Chin, Yit Siew Mohd Shariff, Zalilah Mohd Yusof, Barakatun Nisak Sanker, Kaartina Woon, Fui Chee Nutr Res Pract Original Research BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: This study aims to determine contribution of meal frequency, self-efficacy for healthy eating, and availability of healthy foods towards diet quality of adolescents in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. SUBJECTS/METHODS: This study was conducted among 373 adolescents aged from 13 to 16 years old. Diet quality of the respondents was assessed using the Healthy Eating Index for Malaysians. Meal frequency, self-efficacy for healthy eating, and availability of healthy foods were assessed through the Eating Behaviours Questionnaire (EBQ), self-efficacy for healthy eating scale, and availability of healthy foods scale, respectively. RESULTS: The majority of the respondents (80.7%) were at risk of poor diet quality. Males (mean = 34.2 ± 8.2%) had poorer diet quality than females (mean = 39.9 ± 9.0%) (t = -5.941, P < 0.05). Malay respondents (mean = 36.9 ± 8.7%) had poorer diet quality than Indian respondents (mean = 41.3 ± 10.0%) (F = 2.762, P < 0.05). Age (r = 0.123, P < 0.05), self-efficacy for healthy eating (r = 0.129, P < 0.05), and availability of healthy foods (r = 0.159, P < 0.05) were positively correlated with the diet quality of the respondents. However, meal frequency was not correlated with the diet quality of the respondents. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that being a male, being a Malay, low self-efficacy for healthy eating, and low availability of healthy foods contributed significantly towards poor diet quality among respondents. CONCLUSIONS: In short, sex, ethnicity, self-efficacy for healthy eating, and availability of healthy foods were associated with diet quality among adolescents. Health practitioners should take into consideration of differences in sex and ethnicity during implementation of nutrition-related intervention programs. Self-efficacy for healthy eating and availability of healthy foods should be included as important components in improving diet quality of adolescents. The Korean Nutrition Society and the Korean Society of Community Nutrition 2015-10 2015-09-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4575964/ /pubmed/26425281 http://dx.doi.org/10.4162/nrp.2015.9.5.511 Text en ©2015 The Korean Nutrition Society and the Korean Society of Community Nutrition http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Rezali, Fara Wahida Chin, Yit Siew Mohd Shariff, Zalilah Mohd Yusof, Barakatun Nisak Sanker, Kaartina Woon, Fui Chee Evaluation of diet quality and its associated factors among adolescents in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
title | Evaluation of diet quality and its associated factors among adolescents in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
title_full | Evaluation of diet quality and its associated factors among adolescents in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
title_fullStr | Evaluation of diet quality and its associated factors among adolescents in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of diet quality and its associated factors among adolescents in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
title_short | Evaluation of diet quality and its associated factors among adolescents in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
title_sort | evaluation of diet quality and its associated factors among adolescents in kuala lumpur, malaysia |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4575964/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26425281 http://dx.doi.org/10.4162/nrp.2015.9.5.511 |
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