Association of household food insecurity with academic performance and nutritional status of fisherman’s school-aged children in Terengganu, Malaysia
This study was conducted to establish the relationship between household food insecurity (via Household Food Insecurity Access Scale), academic performance (overall class position through School Exam Analysis System), and the nutritional status (BMI-for-age and height-for-age determination) of fis...
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| author | Nur Shafikah Hashim, Asma’ Ali, Khairil Shazmin Kamarudin, Hayati Mohd Yusof, Noor Salihah Zakaria, Norhasmah Sulaiman, Zalilah Mohd Shariff, |
| author_facet | Nur Shafikah Hashim, Asma’ Ali, Khairil Shazmin Kamarudin, Hayati Mohd Yusof, Noor Salihah Zakaria, Norhasmah Sulaiman, Zalilah Mohd Shariff, |
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| description | This study was conducted to establish the relationship between household food insecurity (via Household Food Insecurity
Access Scale), academic performance (overall class position through School Exam Analysis System), and the nutritional
status (BMI-for-age and height-for-age determination) of fishermen’s children in Terengganu. This was a cross-sectional
study involving 101 fishermen’s children aged 7 to 11 years old. The data were analyzed using the Chi-square test. The
result shows that the prevalence of children with food insecurity was 43.2%. It was found that 24.2% of fishermen’s
children were good at the academic level while 51.3% were moderate and 24.2% were poor. BMI prevalence for children
who were normal 69.3% and remaining was 6.9% obese, 2.0% overweight, 12.9% thinness, and 8.9% severe thinness. For
height-for-age, 8.9% were stunting, normal 88.1%, tallness 2.0%, followed by severely stunted 1.0%. There is no association
found between household food insecurity and academic performance χ2(1, n=101) = 1.891, p=0.169. There is also no
association found between household food insecurity with BMI-for-age χ2(1, n=101) = 1.105, p=0.293 and height-for-age,
p>0.05 (with Fischer exact value = 0.093). Further studies must be carried out to produce further evidence of household
food insecurity for fishermen in other Malaysian states, to prevent this group from being ignored. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:188152022-06-24T00:38:08Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18815/ Association of household food insecurity with academic performance and nutritional status of fisherman’s school-aged children in Terengganu, Malaysia Nur Shafikah Hashim, Asma’ Ali, Khairil Shazmin Kamarudin, Hayati Mohd Yusof, Noor Salihah Zakaria, Norhasmah Sulaiman, Zalilah Mohd Shariff, This study was conducted to establish the relationship between household food insecurity (via Household Food Insecurity Access Scale), academic performance (overall class position through School Exam Analysis System), and the nutritional status (BMI-for-age and height-for-age determination) of fishermen’s children in Terengganu. This was a cross-sectional study involving 101 fishermen’s children aged 7 to 11 years old. The data were analyzed using the Chi-square test. The result shows that the prevalence of children with food insecurity was 43.2%. It was found that 24.2% of fishermen’s children were good at the academic level while 51.3% were moderate and 24.2% were poor. BMI prevalence for children who were normal 69.3% and remaining was 6.9% obese, 2.0% overweight, 12.9% thinness, and 8.9% severe thinness. For height-for-age, 8.9% were stunting, normal 88.1%, tallness 2.0%, followed by severely stunted 1.0%. There is no association found between household food insecurity and academic performance χ2(1, n=101) = 1.891, p=0.169. There is also no association found between household food insecurity with BMI-for-age χ2(1, n=101) = 1.105, p=0.293 and height-for-age, p>0.05 (with Fischer exact value = 0.093). Further studies must be carried out to produce further evidence of household food insecurity for fishermen in other Malaysian states, to prevent this group from being ignored. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2021 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18815/1/061-069%2B%2B%2BAsma%2BAli.pdf Nur Shafikah Hashim, and Asma’ Ali, and Khairil Shazmin Kamarudin, and Hayati Mohd Yusof, and Noor Salihah Zakaria, and Norhasmah Sulaiman, and Zalilah Mohd Shariff, (2021) Association of household food insecurity with academic performance and nutritional status of fisherman’s school-aged children in Terengganu, Malaysia. Malaysian Applied Biology, 50 (2). pp. 61-69. ISSN 0126-8643 https://jms.mabjournal.com/index.php/mab/issue/view/36 |
| spellingShingle | Nur Shafikah Hashim, Asma’ Ali, Khairil Shazmin Kamarudin, Hayati Mohd Yusof, Noor Salihah Zakaria, Norhasmah Sulaiman, Zalilah Mohd Shariff, Association of household food insecurity with academic performance and nutritional status of fisherman’s school-aged children in Terengganu, Malaysia |
| title | Association of household food insecurity with academic performance and nutritional status of fisherman’s school-aged children in Terengganu, Malaysia |
| title_full | Association of household food insecurity with academic performance and nutritional status of fisherman’s school-aged children in Terengganu, Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Association of household food insecurity with academic performance and nutritional status of fisherman’s school-aged children in Terengganu, Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Association of household food insecurity with academic performance and nutritional status of fisherman’s school-aged children in Terengganu, Malaysia |
| title_short | Association of household food insecurity with academic performance and nutritional status of fisherman’s school-aged children in Terengganu, Malaysia |
| title_sort | association of household food insecurity with academic performance and nutritional status of fisherman’s school-aged children in terengganu, malaysia |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18815/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18815/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18815/1/061-069%2B%2B%2BAsma%2BAli.pdf |