Perception of adolescents and mothers towards obesity and factors affecting obesity in Sek. Men. Paduka Tuan, in Segamat, Johor, 1996

• Main Authors: Surinah Asan, Hanafiah Mohd Salleh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2006
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4529/1/Vol12%281%29-Surinah.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4529/; http://www.communityhealthjournal.org/detailarticle.asp?id=163&issue=Vol12(1):2006
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

The prevalens of obesity among adolescents is a health problem which is on the increase in Malaysia. Hence, in an attempt to prevent and control the problem, we need to study the factors associated with adolescents obesity especially perceptions towards it. Therefore, a case control study was conduc...