A Systematic Review of Determinant-Social Factors Related to Obesity among Malays Obese Community in Malaysia
Journal Title: International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 5
Abstract
The pervasiveness of obesity has been increasing day by day in the country like Malaysia. The principal objective of this systematic article review is to evaluate the determinant-social factors of obesity among Malays obese people from the previous researches held from 2009-2017 as obesity among Malays community prevails higher than other. Google scholar, Wiley Online Library, BMC public health, Science direct, PubMed and Springer Link were utilized to find the data. From this particular data, this article has seen the precise relationship between “feelings (low self-esteem), body image and weight dissatisfaction, eating habits and diet behaviors, health knowledge, physical inactivity and its barriers, media influence and religious knowledge & practices” and obesity. The children or adolescent subjects were focused in most of the studies. There is absolute lack of data about these social factors specifically among adult obese people of Malaysia and need to conduct research to prevent people from chronic diseases due to obesity.
Authors and Affiliations
Saif Ullah, Abdul Azim Abd Ghani, Atif Ameen Baig
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- EP ID EP561335
- DOI 10.6007/IJARBSS/v8-i5/4085
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