Sociodemographic and psychological factors as predictors of body mass index-for-age (BAZ) among adolescents in Sibu, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Law, Leh Shii, Gan, Wan Ying, Mohd Taib, Mohd Nasir
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2020
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/90250/1/7upm.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/90250/; https://medic.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/2020081013502807_MJMHS_0059.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Introduction: Understanding childhood obesity becomes vital as a tremendous increase in the prevalence of overweight/obesity among children and adolescents was observed. This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the associations between sociodemographic and psychological characteristics with b...