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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Autores principales:	Sabrina Premila Joseph Louis, Tan Seok Tyug
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Publicado:	Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention 2021
Materias:	children covid-19 lockdown eating behaviour movement control order Special situations and conditions RC952-1245 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1325af61959143978ae4abaed14273192021-11-05T00:03:11ZSocio-demographic disparities in the eating behaviour of Malaysian children during the COVID-19 lockdown2210-90992210-911010.24171/j.phrp.2021.0053https://doaj.org/article/1325af61959143978ae4abaed14273192021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://ophrp.org/upload/pdf/j-phrp-2021-0053.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2210-9099https://doaj.org/toc/2210-9110Objectives 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.Sabrina Premila Joseph LouisTan Seok TyugKorea Centers for Disease Control & Preventionarticlechildrencovid-19 lockdowneating behaviourmovement control orderSpecial situations and conditionsRC952-1245Infectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216ENOsong Public Health and Research Perspectives, Vol 12, Iss 3, Pp 196-199 (2021)
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spellingShingle	children covid-19 lockdown eating behaviour movement control order Special situations and conditions RC952-1245 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Sabrina Premila Joseph Louis Tan Seok Tyug Socio-demographic disparities in the eating behaviour of Malaysian children during the COVID-19 lockdown
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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title	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_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_sort	socio-demographic disparities in the eating behaviour of malaysian children during the covid-19 lockdown
publisher	Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
publishDate	2021
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Socio-demographic disparities in the eating behaviour of Malaysian children during the COVID-19 lockdown

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