Healthy sleep behaviour as weight loss strategy in managing obesity among women in Malaysia : a review
The development of overweight and obesity among women in Malaysia has shown an increasing trend between the year 2003 and 2014 base on the Malaysian Adult Nutrition Survey report in 2015. The prevalence of obesity was significantly higher in women by 22.9% compared to men 14.5%. There are many facto...
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| author | Absah Mamat, Muhammad Shahrim Ab Karim, Zainal Abidin Mohamed, Rosita Jamaluddin, Fatimah Ungku Zainal Abidin, |
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| description | The development of overweight and obesity among women in Malaysia has shown an increasing trend between the year 2003 and 2014 base on the Malaysian Adult Nutrition Survey report in 2015. The prevalence of obesity was significantly higher in women by 22.9% compared to men 14.5%. There are many factors contributing to the upsurge of obesity among women and among most, sleep disorders has been the emerging issue which has longed been discussed. Certain important factors affecting
women related to sleep quality such as stress, insomnia, depression and some biological conditions like menopause, menstrual cycle and pregnancy can affect sleep quality. This paper serves to review how lack of sleep quality is associated to the development of obesity and why healthy sleep behaviour could aid to weight loss. Public health approaches to reducing the burden of obesity must consider
equipping the women in managing their sleep related issues and how they are able to control the food consumption and lifestyle of the family. Thus, promoting healthy sleep behaviour among women emphasized on the importance of deriving sleep quality through three important factors that is early bed time, sleep in the dark and sleep duration would be a contributing factor in managing obesity through healthy lifestyle changes. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:214902023-04-18T03:15:35Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21490/ Healthy sleep behaviour as weight loss strategy in managing obesity among women in Malaysia : a review Absah Mamat, Muhammad Shahrim Ab Karim, Zainal Abidin Mohamed, Rosita Jamaluddin, Fatimah Ungku Zainal Abidin, The development of overweight and obesity among women in Malaysia has shown an increasing trend between the year 2003 and 2014 base on the Malaysian Adult Nutrition Survey report in 2015. The prevalence of obesity was significantly higher in women by 22.9% compared to men 14.5%. There are many factors contributing to the upsurge of obesity among women and among most, sleep disorders has been the emerging issue which has longed been discussed. Certain important factors affecting women related to sleep quality such as stress, insomnia, depression and some biological conditions like menopause, menstrual cycle and pregnancy can affect sleep quality. This paper serves to review how lack of sleep quality is associated to the development of obesity and why healthy sleep behaviour could aid to weight loss. Public health approaches to reducing the burden of obesity must consider equipping the women in managing their sleep related issues and how they are able to control the food consumption and lifestyle of the family. Thus, promoting healthy sleep behaviour among women emphasized on the importance of deriving sleep quality through three important factors that is early bed time, sleep in the dark and sleep duration would be a contributing factor in managing obesity through healthy lifestyle changes. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21490/1/278-1087-1-PB.pdf Absah Mamat, and Muhammad Shahrim Ab Karim, and Zainal Abidin Mohamed, and Rosita Jamaluddin, and Fatimah Ungku Zainal Abidin, (2017) Healthy sleep behaviour as weight loss strategy in managing obesity among women in Malaysia : a review. Jurnal Psikologi Malaysia, 31 (2). pp. 68-78. ISSN 2289-8174 https://spaj.ukm.my/ppppm/jpm/issue/view/28 |
| spellingShingle | Absah Mamat, Muhammad Shahrim Ab Karim, Zainal Abidin Mohamed, Rosita Jamaluddin, Fatimah Ungku Zainal Abidin, Healthy sleep behaviour as weight loss strategy in managing obesity among women in Malaysia : a review |
| title | Healthy sleep behaviour as weight loss strategy in managing obesity among women in Malaysia : a review |
| title_full | Healthy sleep behaviour as weight loss strategy in managing obesity among women in Malaysia : a review |
| title_fullStr | Healthy sleep behaviour as weight loss strategy in managing obesity among women in Malaysia : a review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Healthy sleep behaviour as weight loss strategy in managing obesity among women in Malaysia : a review |
| title_short | Healthy sleep behaviour as weight loss strategy in managing obesity among women in Malaysia : a review |
| title_sort | healthy sleep behaviour as weight loss strategy in managing obesity among women in malaysia : a review |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21490/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21490/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21490/1/278-1087-1-PB.pdf |