ArticlePublic health nutrition2023
Triple burden of malnutrition among Malaysian children aged 6 months to 12 years: current findings from SEANUTS II Malaysia.
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- Determinants of Stunting Among Children Aged 0.5 to 12 Years in Peninsular Malaysia: Findings from the SEANUTS II Study.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Macronutrients, Micronutrients, and Malnutrition: Effects of Nutrition on Immune Function in Infants and Young Children.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Relationship Between Family Factors, Food Consumption Behaviors, and Nutritional Status Among Muslim School-Age Students in Rural Southern Thailand.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
- Socioeconomic disparities and its association with food security, diet quality, and growth among Malaysian children aged 6 months to 12.9 years.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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- Local anthropometric parameters for assessing double burden of malnutrition in South Asian and Southeast Asian countries: a review and retrospective analysis.The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2024Review
- Double burden of malnutrition and its socio-demographic determinants among children and adolescents in Malaysia: National Health And Morbidity Survey 2019.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis paper aims to report South East Asian Nutrition Surveys (SEANUTS) II Malaysia data on nutritional status, dietary intake and nutritional biomarkers of children aged 6 months to 12 years.
designCross-sectional survey conducted in 2019-2020.
settingMultistage cluster sampling conducted in Central, Northern, Southern and East Coast regions of Peninsular Malaysia.
participants2989 children aged 0·5-12·9 years.
resultsPrevalences of stunting, thinness, overweight and obesity among children aged 0·5-12·9 years were 8·9 %, 6·7 %, 9·2 % and 8·8 %, respectively. Among children below 5 years old, 11·4 % were underweight, 13·8 % had stunting and 6·2 % had wasting. Data on nutritional biomarkers showed that a small proportion of children aged 4-12 years had Fe (2·9 %) and vitamin A deficiencies (3·1 %). Prevalence of anaemia was distinctly different between children below 4 years old (40·3 %) and those aged 4 years and above (3·0 %). One-fourth of children (25·1 %) had vitamin D insufficiency, which was twice as prevalent in girls (35·2 %
conclusionsData from SEANUTS II Malaysia confirmed that triple burden of malnutrition coexist among children in Peninsular Malaysia, with higher prevalence of overnutrition than undernutrition. Anaemia is highly prevalent among children below 4 years old, while vitamin D insufficiency is more prevalent among girls. Low intakes of dietary Ca and vitamin D are also of concern. These findings provide policymakers with useful and evidence-based data to formulate strategies that address the nutritional issues of Malaysian children.
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