Azizan, Nurul Ain and Thangiah, Nithiah and Tin, Tin Su and Majid, Hazreen Abdul (2018) Does a low-income urban population practise healthy dietary habits? International Health, 10 (2). pp. 108-115. ISSN 1876-3413, DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihy001.
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Background: The purpose of this study was to identify the unhealthy dietary habits and practices in a lowincome community in an urban area and determine the associated factors. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in a low-income housing area in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Data were collected using a questionnaire via face-to-face interviews by trained enumerators in order to obtain details on sociodemographic characteristics and dietary practices. Results: Descriptive statistics showed that 86.7% of the respondents in the low-income community consumed fruit and vegetables less than five times per day, 11.7% consumed carbonated and sweetened drinks more than twice per day and about 25% consumed fast food more than four times per month. In total, 65.2% (n=945) did not have healthy dietary practices. Binary logistic regression showed that age, education and ethnicity were significant predictors of unhealthy dietary practices among the low-income community. Those in the 30-59 years age group had higher odds (odds ratio 1.65, p=0.04) of practising an unhealthy diet as compared with those older than 60 years of age. Conclusion: Unhealthy dietary practices were found to be common among the low-income group living in an urban area. Healthy lifestyle intervention should be highlighted so that it can be adopted in the low-income group.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | University of Malaya, Flagship Project (grant number FL009-2011) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Fruit and vegetables; Low income; Sweetened drinks; Unhealthy dietary habits; Urban |
| Subjects: | R Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Sep 2019 02:44 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Dec 2019 09:02 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/22403 |
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