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Assessing nutritional knowledge, attitudes and practices and body mass index of adolescent residents of orphanage institutions in Selangor and Malacca

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dc.contributor.affiliationsFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
dc.contributor.affiliationsUniversiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM)
dc.contributor.authorbin Shaziman S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRani M.D.M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKhairun Nain Nor Aripinen_US
dc.contributor.authorHamid N.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSulaiman W.N.W.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRahman Z.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAbdullah M.Y.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-28T08:34:33Z
dc.date.available2024-05-28T08:34:33Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractBackground and Objective: Orphaned children face an increased risk of being malnourished. This study was aimed to explore knowledge and attitudes towards nutrition as well as nutritional practices and Body Mass Index (BMI) of adolescent residents of orphanages. Methodology: Five orphanage institutions in Selangor and Malacca were chosen for this study and 85 adolescents aged 13-18 years old were enrolled. Questionnaires concerning nutritional knowledge were administered in face-to-face interviews to prevent bias and to ensure questionnaire completion. Results: The results showed that out of the 85 subjects, 80% were orphans and 20% non-orphans. The majority of respondents were of normal weight (61.2%), while 2.4 and 4.7% were thin and severely thin, respectively. Meanwhile, 16.5% of subjects were overweight and 15.3% were obese. Fewer than 20% of respondents (14/85) were scored as having a “good” level of nutritional knowledge score but more than half had nutrition attitude and practice scores within the “good” range. Although no significant correlation was found between nutrition knowledge and attitude (rp = -0.043, p = 0.694) or knowledge and practice (rp = -0.222, p = 0.148), there was significant correlation between nutrition attitude and practice (rp=0.295, p = 0.006). Conclusion: Less than half of the total respondents obtained a “good” score for nutritional knowledge but the majority of the participants scored at the “good” level for attitude and practice. Although most respondents scored at the “good” level for nutritional practice, this outcome was not reflective of the situation as a whole, particularly given the “poor” scores for exercise and breakfast practices.en_US
dc.description.natureFinalen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3923/pjn.2017.406.411
dc.identifier.epage411
dc.identifier.issn16805194
dc.identifier.issue6
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85019989540
dc.identifier.spage406
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85019989540&doi=10.3923%2fpjn.2017.406.411&partnerID=40&md5=b520f62632246cf48e6fbc27afc946d7
dc.identifier.urihttps://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/9095
dc.identifier.volume16
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherAsian Network for Scientific Informationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofOpen Accessen_US
dc.relation.ispartofPakistan Journal of Nutrition
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectAttitude and practiceen_US
dc.subjectBody mass indexen_US
dc.subjectMalnutritionen_US
dc.subjectNutrition knowledgeen_US
dc.subjectOrphansen_US
dc.titleAssessing nutritional knowledge, attitudes and practices and body mass index of adolescent residents of orphanage institutions in Selangor and Malaccaen_US
dc.title.alternativePak. J. Nutr.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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