Food insecurity and the metabolic syndrome among women from low income communities in Malaysia by Mohd Shariff, Zalilah, Sulaiman, Norhasmah, Abdul Jalil, Rohana, Wong, Chee Yen, Yong, Heng Yaw, Mohd Taib, Mohd Nasir, Kandiah, Mirnalini, Khor, Geok Lin

“…However, after controlling for demographic and socioeconomic covariates, women in food insecure households were less likely to have MetS (individual food insecure and child hunger) (p<0.05), abdominal obesity (individual food insecure and child hunger) (p<0.01), elevated glucose (household food insecure), total cholesterol (child hunger) (p<0.05) and LDL-cholesterol (household food insecure and child hunger) (p<0.05) compared to food secure women. …”
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Higher parity, pre-pregnancy BMI and rate of gestational weight gain are associated with gestational diabetes mellitus in food insecure women by Yong, Heng Yaw, Mohd Shariff, Zalilah, Mohd Yusof, Barakatun Nisak, Rejali, Zulida, Yee, Yvonne Siang Tee, Bindels, Jacques, van der Beek, Eline M.

“…Household food insecurity was assessed using the translated 10-item Radimer/Cornell hunger scale. Logistic regression models were used to estimate the associations between food insecurity status and GDM risk. …”
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Association between household food insecurity and nutritional outcomes among children in Northeastern of Peninsular Malaysia by Naser, Ihab Ali, Jalil, Rohana, Wan Muda, Wan Manan, Wan Nik, Wan Suriati, Mohd Shariff, Zalilah, Abdullah, Mohamed Rusli

“…Subjects/Methods: Eligible mothers that fulfilled the inclusion criteria such as non-pregnant, non-lactating mothers, aged 18 to 55 years with their youngest children aged 2 to 12 years, were purposively selected. The Radimer/Cornell hunger and food-insecurity instrument was administered and children's height and weight were measured. …”
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Nutritional outcomes related to household food insecurity among mothers in rural Malaysia by Ihab, A. N., Abdul Jalil, Rohana, Wan Manan, W. M., W. N., Wan Suriati, Mohd Shariff, Zalilah, Abdullah , Mohamed Rusli

“…Of the households, 16.1% were food-secure whereas 83.9% experienced some kind of food insecurity: 29.6% of households were food-insecure, 19.3% contained individuals who were foodinsecure, and 35.0% fell into the 'child hunger' category. The result reported that household-size, total monthly income, income per capita, and food expenditure were significant risk factors of household food insecurity. …”
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Household food insecurity and coping strategies in a poor rural community in Malaysia by Mohd Shariff, Zalilah, Khor, Geok Lin

“…Households were categorized as either food secure (n=84) or food insecure (n=116) using the Radimer/Cornell Hunger and Food Insecurity instrument. T-test, Chi-square and logistic regression were utilized for comparison of factors between food secure and food insecure households and determination of factors associated with household food insecurity, respectively. …”
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Assessment of food insecurity and nutritional outcomes in Bachok, Kelantan by Ali Naser, Ihab, A. J., Rohana, Wan Muda, Wan Manan, Wan Nik, Wan Suriati, Mohd Shariff, Zalilah, A., Mohamad Rusli

“…Results: The study reported that 16.1% of the households were food secure, while 83.9% experienced some kind of food insecurity, (29.6% households were food insecure, 19.3% individuals were food insecure and 35.0% fell into the child hunger category). The prevalence of underweight, stunting and wasting among the food insecure children were 61.0%, 61.4% and 30.6% respectively, and the prevalence of weight-for-height (overweight) was 1.3%. …”
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