Socio-demographic disparities in the eating behaviour of Malaysian children during the COVID-19 lockdown
Objectives This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the eating behaviour of Malaysian children aged 2 to 11 years old during the Movement Control Order (MCO) due to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Methods A total of 204 Malaysian parents of children aged 2 to 11 years old were recruite...
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| description | Objectives This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the eating behaviour of Malaysian children aged 2 to 11 years old during the Movement Control Order (MCO) due to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Methods A total of 204 Malaysian parents of children aged 2 to 11 years old were recruited for this study using a combination of purposive and snowball sampling approaches. Parents were required to fill an online questionnaire hosted on Google Forms, which consisted of socio-demographic characteristics (including child’s gender, age, and ethnicity, as well as parental income during the MCO) and a 35-item list from the Children’s Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ). Data analysis was conducted by further stratifying the children's eating behaviour according to socio-demographic characteristics. Results No significant differences were observed in the eating behaviour of the children across age and parental income groups during the MCO. Malaysian Indian children had significantly lower mean scores for the food responsiveness (2.50±0.64) and emotional over-eating (2.13±0.72) subscales than Malaysian Chinese children. Girls had a significantly higher mean score for the slowness in eating subscale during the MCO than boys. Conclusion Children’s eating behaviour were comparable across socio-demographic characteristics. Nonetheless, the findings of the current study provide an overview of Malaysian children's eating behaviour during the MCO. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1325af61959143978ae4abaed14273192023-08-02T01:25:10ZengKorea Disease Control and Prevention AgencyOsong Public Health and Research Perspectives2210-90992210-91102021-06-0112319619910.24171/j.phrp.2021.0053613Socio-demographic disparities in the eating behaviour of Malaysian children during the COVID-19 lockdownSabrina Premila Joseph Louis0Tan Seok Tyug1 Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Management and Science University, Shah Alam, Malaysia Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Management and Science University, Shah Alam, MalaysiaObjectives This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the eating behaviour of Malaysian children aged 2 to 11 years old during the Movement Control Order (MCO) due to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Methods A total of 204 Malaysian parents of children aged 2 to 11 years old were recruited for this study using a combination of purposive and snowball sampling approaches. Parents were required to fill an online questionnaire hosted on Google Forms, which consisted of socio-demographic characteristics (including child’s gender, age, and ethnicity, as well as parental income during the MCO) and a 35-item list from the Children’s Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ). Data analysis was conducted by further stratifying the children's eating behaviour according to socio-demographic characteristics. Results No significant differences were observed in the eating behaviour of the children across age and parental income groups during the MCO. Malaysian Indian children had significantly lower mean scores for the food responsiveness (2.50±0.64) and emotional over-eating (2.13±0.72) subscales than Malaysian Chinese children. Girls had a significantly higher mean score for the slowness in eating subscale during the MCO than boys. Conclusion Children’s eating behaviour were comparable across socio-demographic characteristics. Nonetheless, the findings of the current study provide an overview of Malaysian children's eating behaviour during the MCO.http://ophrp.org/upload/pdf/j-phrp-2021-0053.pdfchildrencovid-19 lockdowneating behaviourmovement control order |
| spellingShingle | Sabrina Premila Joseph Louis Tan Seok Tyug Socio-demographic disparities in the eating behaviour of Malaysian children during the COVID-19 lockdown Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives children covid-19 lockdown eating behaviour movement control order |
| title | Socio-demographic disparities in the eating behaviour of Malaysian children during the COVID-19 lockdown |
| title_full | Socio-demographic disparities in the eating behaviour of Malaysian children during the COVID-19 lockdown |
| title_fullStr | Socio-demographic disparities in the eating behaviour of Malaysian children during the COVID-19 lockdown |
| title_full_unstemmed | Socio-demographic disparities in the eating behaviour of Malaysian children during the COVID-19 lockdown |
| title_short | Socio-demographic disparities in the eating behaviour of Malaysian children during the COVID-19 lockdown |
| title_sort | socio demographic disparities in the eating behaviour of malaysian children during the covid 19 lockdown |
| topic | children covid-19 lockdown eating behaviour movement control order |
| url | http://ophrp.org/upload/pdf/j-phrp-2021-0053.pdf |
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