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Diet Quality of Malaysians across Lifespan: A Scoping Review of Evidence in a Multi-Ethnic Population
Malaysia is a rapidly developing economy experiencing a nutrition transition. It suffers from a double burden of over- and undernutrition, making it essential to understand diet quality in the population. In this scoping review, we have collated the existing literature on Malaysian diet quality, inc...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8074191/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33924050 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13041380 |
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author | Ramadas, Amutha Tham, Su Ming Lalani, Shehzeen Alnoor Shyam, Sangeetha |
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description | Malaysia is a rapidly developing economy experiencing a nutrition transition. It suffers from a double burden of over- and undernutrition, making it essential to understand diet quality in the population. In this scoping review, we have collated the existing literature on Malaysian diet quality, including factors that influence it, and the association between diet quality and health outcomes across the lifespan of Malaysians. Overall, diet quality was poor in all age groups studied. The Healthy Eating Index (HEI) and its iterations were predominantly used in urban and clinical settings to evaluate diet-chronic disease relationships. These indices were significantly associated with cardio-metabolic and disease risks in adults. The Diet Diversity Score (DDS) and Food Variety Score (FVS) were used to gauge diet quality in maternal and child nutrition studies and were associated with appropriate growth and caloric intake. Deficiencies were found in fruit, vegetable, legumes, and dairy intake. Meat, salt, and sugar intake were found to be excessive in many studies. The findings can inform policies to improve diet quality in this population. The review also identified knowledge gaps that require further investigation. |
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spelling | pubmed-80741912021-04-27 Diet Quality of Malaysians across Lifespan: A Scoping Review of Evidence in a Multi-Ethnic Population Ramadas, Amutha Tham, Su Ming Lalani, Shehzeen Alnoor Shyam, Sangeetha Nutrients Review Malaysia is a rapidly developing economy experiencing a nutrition transition. It suffers from a double burden of over- and undernutrition, making it essential to understand diet quality in the population. In this scoping review, we have collated the existing literature on Malaysian diet quality, including factors that influence it, and the association between diet quality and health outcomes across the lifespan of Malaysians. Overall, diet quality was poor in all age groups studied. The Healthy Eating Index (HEI) and its iterations were predominantly used in urban and clinical settings to evaluate diet-chronic disease relationships. These indices were significantly associated with cardio-metabolic and disease risks in adults. The Diet Diversity Score (DDS) and Food Variety Score (FVS) were used to gauge diet quality in maternal and child nutrition studies and were associated with appropriate growth and caloric intake. Deficiencies were found in fruit, vegetable, legumes, and dairy intake. Meat, salt, and sugar intake were found to be excessive in many studies. The findings can inform policies to improve diet quality in this population. The review also identified knowledge gaps that require further investigation. MDPI 2021-04-20 /pmc/articles/PMC8074191/ /pubmed/33924050 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13041380 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Ramadas, Amutha Tham, Su Ming Lalani, Shehzeen Alnoor Shyam, Sangeetha Diet Quality of Malaysians across Lifespan: A Scoping Review of Evidence in a Multi-Ethnic Population |
title | Diet Quality of Malaysians across Lifespan: A Scoping Review of Evidence in a Multi-Ethnic Population |
title_full | Diet Quality of Malaysians across Lifespan: A Scoping Review of Evidence in a Multi-Ethnic Population |
title_fullStr | Diet Quality of Malaysians across Lifespan: A Scoping Review of Evidence in a Multi-Ethnic Population |
title_full_unstemmed | Diet Quality of Malaysians across Lifespan: A Scoping Review of Evidence in a Multi-Ethnic Population |
title_short | Diet Quality of Malaysians across Lifespan: A Scoping Review of Evidence in a Multi-Ethnic Population |
title_sort | diet quality of malaysians across lifespan: a scoping review of evidence in a multi-ethnic population |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8074191/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33924050 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13041380 |
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