%0 Journal Article
%T Dietary intakes and obesity of Malaysian adults
%A Wan Abdul Manan Wan Muda
%A Yi Yi Lee
%J Archive of "Nutrition Research and Practice".
%D 2019
%R 10.4162/nrp.2019.13.2.159
%X Over the past few decades, Malaysia has been experiencing an increased prevalence of overweight and obesity that threatens the health of Malaysians. Poor dietary intake is one of the major contributors to the development of obesity and many non-communicable diseases. The dietary intakes of adults in Malaysia were assessed to determine the association between the dietary intake variables and the body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) measurements. This study examined whether the dietary intake achieved the recommended nutritional guidelines and compared the intakes between both sexes
%K Dietary intakes
%K obesity
%K abdominal obesity
%K macronutrients
%K micronutrients
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6449549/