TY - JOUR
T1 - Determinants of diet and physical activity in malaysian adolescents
T2 - A systematic review
AU - Mohammadi, Shooka
AU - Jalaludin, Muhammad Yazid
AU - Su, Tin Tin
AU - Dahlui, Maznah
AU - Mohamed, Mohd Nahar Azmi
AU - Majid, Hazreen Abdul
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: This review was undertaken as part of the MyHeART BEaT (Malaysian Health and Adolescents Longitudinal Research Team) (Behavioural Epidemiology and Trial) project (IF017-2017) in Malaysia funded by the Academy of Science Malaysia (Newton Ungku Omar Fund) and the UK Medical Research Council between the University of Malaya and University of Bristol.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/2
Y1 - 2019/2
N2 - The increased prevalence of unhealthy eating habits and sedentary lifestyles among Malaysian adolescents has become a public health concern. The aim of this systematic review was to summarize evidence from observational studies related to diet and physical activity (PA) among Malaysian adolescents (13–18 years) and to recognize the associations between determinants of diet and PA and diet and PA behaviours. A systematic search for observational studies published from August 1990 through August 2017 was conducted via PubMed, Science Direct, Cochrane and Web of Science. A total of 18 studies met the inclusion criteria; these were independently extracted by two reviewers. Gender and ethnicity were the most commonly studied correlates of diet and PA; males were more physically active and they tended to have poorer diet quality and higher energy and macronutrient intakes in comparison to females; Malay adolescents had a lower diet quality and Chinese adolescents spent less time in PA compared to other ethnicities. However, the significance of these associations was often small or inconsistent. This review highlights the lack of longitudinal observational studies but summarizes the best available evidence for policymakers and public health practitioners to improve the diet and the level of PA in Malaysian adolescents.
AB - The increased prevalence of unhealthy eating habits and sedentary lifestyles among Malaysian adolescents has become a public health concern. The aim of this systematic review was to summarize evidence from observational studies related to diet and physical activity (PA) among Malaysian adolescents (13–18 years) and to recognize the associations between determinants of diet and PA and diet and PA behaviours. A systematic search for observational studies published from August 1990 through August 2017 was conducted via PubMed, Science Direct, Cochrane and Web of Science. A total of 18 studies met the inclusion criteria; these were independently extracted by two reviewers. Gender and ethnicity were the most commonly studied correlates of diet and PA; males were more physically active and they tended to have poorer diet quality and higher energy and macronutrient intakes in comparison to females; Malay adolescents had a lower diet quality and Chinese adolescents spent less time in PA compared to other ethnicities. However, the significance of these associations was often small or inconsistent. This review highlights the lack of longitudinal observational studies but summarizes the best available evidence for policymakers and public health practitioners to improve the diet and the level of PA in Malaysian adolescents.
KW - Eating habits
KW - Malaysian adolescents
KW - Physical activity
KW - Systematic review
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85061993577
U2 - 10.3390/ijerph16040603
DO - 10.3390/ijerph16040603
M3 - Review Article
C2 - 30791423
AN - SCOPUS:85061993577
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 16
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
IS - 4
M1 - 603
ER -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being