@article{Ihab_Rohana_Manan_Suriati_Zalilah_Rusli_2014, title={Nutritional Outcomes Related to Household Food Insecurity among Mothers in Rural Malaysia}, volume={31}, url={https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/JHPN/article/view/20031}, DOI={10.3329/jhpn.v31i4.20031}, abstractNote={<p>During the past two decades, the rates of food insecurity and obesity have risen. Although a relationship between these two seemingly-paradoxical states has not been repeatedly seen in men, research suggests that a correlation between them exists in women. This study examines nutritional outcomes of household food insecurity among mothers in rural Malaysia. A cross-sectional survey of low-income households was conducted, and 223 households with mothers aged 18–55 years, who were non-lactating, non-pregnant, and had at least one child aged 2–12 years, were purposively selected. A questionnaire was administered that included the Radimer/Cornell Scale, items about sociodemographic characteristics, and anthropometric measurements. 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. Although there was a high prevalence of overweight and obese mothers (52%) and 47.1% had at-risk waist-circumference (?80 cm), no significant association was found between food insecurity, body mass index, and waist-circumference. In conclusion, the rates of household food insecurity and overweight and obesity were high in the study population, although they are looking paradoxical. Longitudinal studies with larger sample-sizes are recommended to further examine the relationship between food insecurity and obesity.</p> <p>DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jhpn.v31i4.20031">http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jhpn.v31i4.20031</a></p> <p>J HEALTH POPUL NUTR 2013 Dec; 31(4): 480-489</p>}, number={4}, journal={Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition}, author={Ihab, AN and Rohana, AJ and Manan, WM Wan and Suriati, WN Wan and Zalilah, MS and Rusli, A Mohamed}, year={2014}, month={Aug.}, pages={480–489} }