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| Title |
Food insecurity and the metabolic syndrome among women from low income communities in Malaysia.
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| Published in |
Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, January 2014
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| DOI | 10.6133/apjcn.2014.23.1.05 |
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| Authors |
Zalilah Mohd Shariff, Norhasmah Sulaiman, Rohana Abdul Jalil, Wong Chee Yen, Yong Heng Yaw, Mohd Nasir Mohd Taib, Mirnalini Kandiah, Khor Geok Lin |
| Abstract |
This cross-sectional study examined the relationship between household food insecurity and the metabolic syndrome (MetS) among reproductive-aged women (n=625) in low income communities. The Radimer/Cornell Hunger and Food Insecurity instrument was utilized to assess food insecurity. Anthropometry, diet diversity, blood pressure and fasting venous blood for lipid and glucose profile were also obtained. MetS was defined as having at least 3 risk factors and is in accordance with the Harmonized criteria. The prevalence of food insecurity and MetS was 78.4% (household food insecure, 26.7%; individual food insecure, 25.3%; child hunger, 26.4%) and 25.6%, respectively. While more food secure than food insecure women had elevated glucose (food secure, 54.8% vs food insecure, 37.3-46.1%), total cholesterol (food secure, 54.1% vs food insecure, 32.1-40.7%) and LDL-cholesterol (food secure, 63.7% vs food insecure, 40.6-48.7%), the percentage of women with overweight/ obesity, abdominal obesity, hypertension, high triglyceride, low HDL-cholesterol and MetS did not vary significantly by food insecurity status. However, after controlling for demographic and socioeconomic covariates, women in food insecure households were less likely to have MetS (individual food insecure and child hunger) (p<0.05), abdominal obesity (individual food insecure and child hunger) (p<0.01), elevated glucose (household food insecure), total cholesterol (child hunger) (p<0.05) and LDL-cholesterol (household food insecure and child hunger) (p<0.05) compared to food secure women. Efforts to improve food insecurity of low income households undergoing nutrition transition should address availability and accessibility to healthy food choices and nutrition education that could reduce the risk of diet-related chronic diseases. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 3 | 1% |
| Brazil | 2 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 196 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 40 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 27 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 23 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 17 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 6% |
| Other | 27 | 13% |
| Unknown | 57 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 45 | 22% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 28 | 14% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 15 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 15 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 3% |
| Other | 27 | 13% |
| Unknown | 67 | 33% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 October 2018.
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#8,264,793
of 25,377,790 outputs
Outputs from Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition
#263
of 713 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#92,470
of 319,301 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition
#10
of 32 outputs
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