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Fulltext Nutrition Research Priorities in Malaysia - For 12th Malaysia Plan (2021-2025)

ISBN: 978-967-19598-0-0

Citation: National Coordinating Committee on Food and Nutrition. Nutrition Research Priorities in Malaysia - For 12th Malaysia Plan (2021-2025). Putrajaya: Ministry of Health Malaysia, 2020

Older versions:
National Coordinating Committee on Food and Nutrition. Nutrition Research Priorities in Malaysia - For 10th Malaysia Plan (2011-2015). Putrajaya: Ministry of Health Malaysia, 2009
National Coordinating Committee on Food and Nutrition. Nutrition Research Priorities in Malaysia - For 11th Malaysia Plan (2016-2020). Putrajaya: Ministry of Health Malaysia, 2020

Matched MeSH terms: Nutrition Disorders

Association between household food access insecurity and nutritional status indicators among children aged <5 years in Nepal: results from a national, cross-sectional household survey

Sreeramareddy CT, Ramakrishnareddy N, Subramaniam M

Public Health Nutr, 2015 Nov;18(16):2906-14.

PMID: 25435296 DOI: 10.1017/S1368980014002729

OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between household food insecurity score and Z-scores of childhood nutritional status indicators.

DESIGN: Population-based, cross-sectional survey, Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2011.

SETTING: A nationally representative sample of 11 085 households selected by a two-stage, stratified cluster sampling design to interview eligible men and women.

SUBJECTS: Children (n 2591) aged 0-60 months in a sub-sample of households selected for men's interview.

RESULTS: Prevalence of moderate and severe household food insecurity was 23·2% and 19·0%, respectively, for children aged 0-60 months. Weighted prevalence rates for stunting (height-for-age Z-score (HAZ)

Matched MeSH terms: Infant Nutrition Disorders/etiology; Infant Nutrition Disorders/epidemiology; Nutrition Disorders/etiology*; Nutrition Disorders/epidemiology; Child Nutrition Disorders/etiology; Child Nutrition Disorders/epidemiology

The prevalence of malnutrition amongst Malay pre-school children-comparative assessment by anthropometric indicators

Chong YH, Lim RK

J Trop Pediatr Environ Child Health, 1975 Feb;21(1):19-22.

PMID: 1039334

Matched MeSH terms: Nutrition Disorders/epidemiology*

Food habits and malnutrition

Chen PC

Med J Malaysia, 1977 Mar;31(3):170-5.

PMID: 904506

Matched MeSH terms: Nutrition Disorders/etiology*

Priority nutritional concerns in Asia

Tee ES

Food Nutr Bull, 2002 Dec;23(4):345-8.

PMID: 16619736

The sustained economic growth and increasing economic stability in the Asian region over the last three decades have been accompanied by changing lifestyles leading to significant changes in the food and nutrition issues facing Asian countries. The chronic diseases associated with excessive consumption of nutrients, especially fat, are becoming increasingly apparent. At the same time, Asia has a disproportionate share of the malnutrition problem. Underweight and stunting remain significant problems in many Asian communities, and micronutrient deficiencies of iron, iodine, and vitamin A continue to afflict large population groups. Effective data collection and analysis are essential to formulate and implement intervention programs to address both sides of the changing nutrition scenario in Asia.

Matched MeSH terms: Nutrition Disorders/complications; Nutrition Disorders/epidemiology*; Nutrition Disorders/physiopathology

Fulltext Nutritional status of children in rural Sarawak, Malaysia

Kiyu A, Teo B, Hardin S, Ong F

Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health, 1991 Jun;22(2):211-5.

PMID: 1948281

The nutritional status of 641 children between the ages of 0 to 4 years old, from 835 households in 41 randomly selected rural villages with water supply in Sarawak were determined. Based on Waterlow's classification and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) standards, 61% of the children were stunted and 44.1% were wasted. Based on Gomez's classification and the NCHS standards 81.9% of the children were malnourished. There was no sex difference in nutritional status. The percentage of malnourished children increased continuously with age while the percentage of children who were wasted increased from 6 to 36 months and then it leveled off. The percentage of stunted children also increased with age but the increase was sharpest in children who were 12 to 23 months old. It is noted that the Gomez classification overestimates the prevalence of undernutrition.

Matched MeSH terms: Infant Nutrition Disorders/epidemiology*; Child Nutrition Disorders/epidemiology*

Nutritional problems of Malaysian children and approaches taken to overcome them

Arokiasamy JT

Asia Pac J Public Health, 1990;4(1):65-71.

PMID: 2223281

Nutritional status of children is an important factor in child survival, especially in developing countries. It is therefore important that nutritional problems are addressed and overcome. This paper reviews the many studies conducted in Malaysia on nutritional problems among children. It also documents the approaches, including intersectoral approaches, that have been taken to overcome these problems. Possible actions that have to be taken in the future to further improve the nutritional status of Malaysian children are discussed.

Matched MeSH terms: Child Nutrition Disorders/ethnology; Child Nutrition Disorders/epidemiology*; Child Nutrition Disorders/prevention & control

Biochemical assessment of the nutritional status of pre-school children in Kuala Trengganu

Chong YH

Med J Malaysia, 1974 Jun;28(4):213-20.

PMID: 4278705

Matched MeSH terms: Nutrition Disorders/blood; Nutrition Disorders/epidemiology*; Nutrition Disorders/urine

Fulltext Childhood obesity: contributing factors, consequences and intervention

Mohd Sidik S, Ahmad R

Malays J Nutr, 2004 Mar;10(1):13-22.

PMID: 22691744

Childhood obesity has been growing at an alarming rate and is the most common nutritional problem among children in developed as well as in developing countries. It is associated with significant morbidity and mortality, including cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, endocrine and psychosocial morbidities. This unhealthy trend will progress to adulthood and is expected to lead to huge economic costs in health and social security systems. Among the many factors which contribute to the increasing prevalence of childhood obesity include environment and genetic factors. This paper discusses the aetiology, consequences and necessary interventions for this problem.

Matched MeSH terms: Nutrition Disorders

Fulltext The nutritional status of children in resettlement villages in Kelantan

Zulkifli A, Khairul Anuar A, Atiya AS

Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health, 1999 Mar;30(1):122-8.

PMID: 10695800

A cross-sectional survey of the nutritional status of children aged 1-10 years old from the Kuala Betis resettlement villages was carried out. A total of 620 children were examined, of which 329 were preschool children and 291 were schoolchildren. The age was determined and anthropometric measurements such as weight, height and MUAC were taken. The nutritional status was assessed by looking at the distributions of the z-scores of weight-for-age (WAZ), height-for-age (HAZ) and weight-for-height (WHZ) in relation to the growth charts of the National Center for Health Statistics reference population. It was found that the nutritional status of the Orang Asli children was poor, with a prevalence of 33.7-65.3% underweight, 55.3-74.4% stunting and 4.4-29.7% wasting based on the NCHS reference values. The prevalence of malnutrition among the Malay children was lower, underweight--7.3-34.1%, stunting--9.8-34.1% and wasting--1.7-17.1%. The nutritional status of the Orang Asli children were poorer compared to the Malay children. More preschool Orang Asli children were stunted compared to the Orang Asli schoolchildren. This may be due to the poor economic base of the Orang Asli community during the transformation period after resettlement. A comprehensive primary health care program is essential, especially targeting the preschool Orang Asli children in these resettlement villages.

Matched MeSH terms: Child Nutrition Disorders/diagnosis*; Child Nutrition Disorders/ethnology; Child Nutrition Disorders/etiology; Child Nutrition Disorders/epidemiology*; Child Nutrition Disorders/prevention & control

Fulltext Breastfeeding and the prevention of malnutrition

Jelliffee EF

Med J Malaysia, 1986 Mar;41(1):88-92.

PMID: 3796357

The role of breastfeeding in preventing malnutrition is considered in relation to the Bostock classification of early human development, its relevance to different forms of malnutrition and to general ecological considerations, including economics and the management and prevention of diarrhoea.

Matched MeSH terms: Nutrition Disorders/prevention & control*

Fulltext Rehabilitation of malnourished preschool children with Nutri-Pak

Ng TKW, Supasri R, Florencio CA

Med J Malaysia, 1980 Dec;35(2):122-8.

PMID: 7266403

The results of the food consumption study suggested that the calorie and protein intakes of ID and 20 malnourished preschool children in the study area were much lower than the RDA and thus these children should benefit from a supplementary feeding project. However, after 42 days of supplementation with Nutri-Pak, the project's objective of increasing by 5%, the percent standard weight for age of at least 60% of the subjects was not achieved since only one child's weight reached this target. From the records of monitoring, it was noticed that the low consumption of Nutri -Pak. a partial replacement by the the food supplement of the children's diet in the home. uncooperative mothers, and illness or disease factors had contributed to the much lower weight gains than expected in most of the children.

Matched MeSH terms: Nutrition Disorders/diet therapy*

Milk tolerance among malnourished school children in Malaysia

Chen ST, Domala Z

Asia Pac J Public Health, 1989;3(4):274-7.

PMID: 2638907 DOI: 10.1177/101053958900300405

1,256 malnourished children, aged seven to ten years, were selected for study, 575 from Kuala Langat, 416 from Wilayah Persekutuan and 265 from Ulu Selangor. Ninety-three percent of the children were from low socioeconomic groups with large family size, and most of their parents had only primary or no formal education. During the study period, children in Kuala Langat received daily milk supplementation for five days per week, those in Wilayah Persekutuan for two days per week, while those in Ulu Selangor did not receive any milk supplementation. The study shows that a majority of the malnourished primary school children liked to drink milk and that milk intolerance was not a problem among them.

Matched MeSH terms: Nutrition Disorders/complications*

Asian workshop on nutrition in the metropolitan area. September 11-14, 1991, Selangor, Malaysia. Proceedings

Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health, 1992;23 Suppl 3:1-172.

PMID: 1342749

Matched MeSH terms: Nutrition Disorders/epidemiology*

Perinatal mortality with particular reference to the Singapore situation

Tan KL

Ann Acad Med Singap, 1984 Apr;13(2):252-63.

PMID: 6497323

Perinatal mortality rates have been gradually declining in all countries. The initial decline mainly resulted from improvements in the late foetal mortality rates. Later with improvements in neonatal care, early neonatal mortality rates also improved. The developed countries have consistently shown better results than the developing countries, an indication of the higher standard of living, general health as well as the delivery of health care in these countries. In the Singapore situation, a rapid improvement in perinatal mortality was initially observed due to improvements in the late foetal mortality, followed later by reduction in the early neonatal mortality due to upgrading of neonatal intensive care. The perinatal mortality rate is lowest in the Chinese compared to the Indians and Malays, most likely due to the dietary practices of the three ethnic groups in Singapore; while the Chinese encourage extra nutrition in the pregnant female, the Malays and Indians tend to practise dietary restriction during this period. The improved nutrition of the pregnant mother is a factor in improving the perinatal mortality.

Matched MeSH terms: Nutrition Disorders/etiology

Fulltext Child nutrition among the Penans of the Upper Baram, Sarawak

Chen PCY

Med J Malaysia, 1984 Dec;39(4):264-8.

PMID: 6544931

Matched MeSH terms: Nutrition Disorders/epidemiology

Fulltext Ecological basis of malnutrition among the Muruts of Sabah

Chen PCY

Med J Malaysia, 1983 Mar;38(1):9-14.

PMID: 6633346

A recent anthropometric study of Sabah reported that 37.1 percent of children were nutritional dwarfs, 12.5 percent were acutely malnourished and 9.4 percent were stunted and wasted. It was also noted that Muruts were among the top five most malnourished ethnic groups in Sabah. The present study looks at the ecological basis of malnutrition among Muruts and concludes that a variety of interrelated factors, including the lack of education, climatic and soil conditions, poverty, food habits and taboos as well as diseases from poor sanitation and malaria contribute to the presence of malnutrition among rural Muruts. It is recommended that a multidisciplinary approach be taken to control and prevent malnutrition among the Muruts and that the single most important measure aside from malaria control is education of the people and the development of marketable skills.

Matched MeSH terms: Nutrition Disorders/etiology*

Aspects of ecology of food and nutrition in Peninsular Malaysia

Chong YH

J Trop Pediatr Environ Child Health, 1976 Oct;22(5):238-56.

PMID: 1051830

Matched MeSH terms: Nutrition Disorders/epidemiology*

Nutrition in Malaya

Chandrasekharan N

N Y State J Med, 1970 Aug 1;70(15):2010-6.

PMID: 5270540

Matched MeSH terms: Nutrition Disorders/epidemiology*

Fulltext Do not neglect the indigenous peoples when reporting health and nutrition issues of the socio-economically disadvantaged populations in Malaysia

Khor GL, Shariff ZM

BMC Public Health, 2019 Dec 16;19(1):1685.

PMID: 31842826 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-8055-8

The purpose of this correspondence is to express our disappointment with the coverage of the BMC Public Health supplement: Vol 19 (4) titled "Health and Nutritional Issues Among Low Income Population in Malaysia", which neglected to include the fundamental health and nutrition issues that are adversely affecting the lives and livelihood of the indigenous peoples. The Supplement comprised 21 papers. Two of these papers included indigenous peoples as study subjects. These two papers addressed peripheral, albeit important health issues, namely visual impairment and quality of life, and not the persistent and rising health concerns impacting this population. We will provide evidence from research and reports to justify our critique that the Supplement missed the opportunity to spotlight on the serious extent of the health and nutritional deprivations of the indigenous peoples of Malaysia. As researchers of the indigenous peoples, we ought to lend our voice to the "silenced minority" by highlighting their plight in the media including scientific journals.

Matched MeSH terms: Nutrition Disorders/epidemiology*

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