Associations of socio-demographic, environmental and parental factors, and nutritional status with fast food consumption among children aged 7-11 years old in Selangor
Introduction: This cross-sectional study examined fast food consumption and its associated factors among primary school children in Selangor. Methods: A total of 221 children aged 7-11 years from six randomly selected primary schools in Petaling Perdana, Gombak, and Hulu Langat participated in this...
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| description | Introduction: This cross-sectional study examined fast food consumption and its associated factors among primary school children in Selangor. Methods: A total of 221 children aged 7-11 years from six randomly selected primary schools in Petaling Perdana, Gombak, and Hulu Langat participated in this study. Parents completed a self-administered questionnaire on socio-demographic characteristics, exposure to fast food advertising, home food availability, parental stress, attitude towards fast food, intake of fast food, and two-day dietary record of children. Height and weight of children were obtained from their school SEGAK records. Results: Mean age of children was 9±1 years. Mean days per week of fast food consumption among children was 3.2±1.6 days, with 45.7% consuming fast food for?>3 days/ week. Factors associated with frequent fast food consumption were children whose fathers had non-tertiary education levels (aOR 2.53, 95% CI 1.18–5.40), children with higher total screen viewing time (aOR 1.21, 95% CI 1.00–1.46), lower home food availability score (aOR 0.87, 95% CI 0.76–0.98), overweight and obese (aOR 2.38, 95% CI 1.23–4.60), requiring dietary improvements (aOR 4.03, 95% CI 1.36–11.98), and with poor diet quality (aOR 5.08, 95% CI 1.57–16.44). Conclusion: More than one third of the children consumed fast food for?>3 days/week. Screen viewing time and home food availability should be considered when promoting healthy diets among children. Future research should consider other potential factors associated with children’s consumption of fast food. |
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| spelling | upm-1175522025-05-29T06:43:25Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/117552/ Associations of socio-demographic, environmental and parental factors, and nutritional status with fast food consumption among children aged 7-11 years old in Selangor Hui, Chong Shao Mohd Shariff, Zalilah Introduction: This cross-sectional study examined fast food consumption and its associated factors among primary school children in Selangor. Methods: A total of 221 children aged 7-11 years from six randomly selected primary schools in Petaling Perdana, Gombak, and Hulu Langat participated in this study. Parents completed a self-administered questionnaire on socio-demographic characteristics, exposure to fast food advertising, home food availability, parental stress, attitude towards fast food, intake of fast food, and two-day dietary record of children. Height and weight of children were obtained from their school SEGAK records. Results: Mean age of children was 9±1 years. Mean days per week of fast food consumption among children was 3.2±1.6 days, with 45.7% consuming fast food for?>3 days/ week. Factors associated with frequent fast food consumption were children whose fathers had non-tertiary education levels (aOR 2.53, 95% CI 1.18–5.40), children with higher total screen viewing time (aOR 1.21, 95% CI 1.00–1.46), lower home food availability score (aOR 0.87, 95% CI 0.76–0.98), overweight and obese (aOR 2.38, 95% CI 1.23–4.60), requiring dietary improvements (aOR 4.03, 95% CI 1.36–11.98), and with poor diet quality (aOR 5.08, 95% CI 1.57–16.44). Conclusion: More than one third of the children consumed fast food for?>3 days/week. Screen viewing time and home food availability should be considered when promoting healthy diets among children. Future research should consider other potential factors associated with children’s consumption of fast food. Malaysian Journal of Nutrition 2024 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/117552/1/117552.pdf Hui, Chong Shao and Mohd Shariff, Zalilah (2024) Associations of socio-demographic, environmental and parental factors, and nutritional status with fast food consumption among children aged 7-11 years old in Selangor. Malaysian Journal of Nutrition, 30 (3). pp. 361-375. ISSN 1394-035X https://maljnutr.org.my/publication/30-3/Vol%2030(3)%207.mjn.2023.0138%20Chong.pdf 10.31246/mjn-2023-0138 |
| spellingShingle | Hui, Chong Shao Mohd Shariff, Zalilah Associations of socio-demographic, environmental and parental factors, and nutritional status with fast food consumption among children aged 7-11 years old in Selangor |
| title | Associations of socio-demographic, environmental and parental factors, and nutritional status with fast food consumption among children aged 7-11 years old in Selangor |
| title_full | Associations of socio-demographic, environmental and parental factors, and nutritional status with fast food consumption among children aged 7-11 years old in Selangor |
| title_fullStr | Associations of socio-demographic, environmental and parental factors, and nutritional status with fast food consumption among children aged 7-11 years old in Selangor |
| title_full_unstemmed | Associations of socio-demographic, environmental and parental factors, and nutritional status with fast food consumption among children aged 7-11 years old in Selangor |
| title_short | Associations of socio-demographic, environmental and parental factors, and nutritional status with fast food consumption among children aged 7-11 years old in Selangor |
| title_sort | associations of socio-demographic, environmental and parental factors, and nutritional status with fast food consumption among children aged 7-11 years old in selangor |
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