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Situation
in Malaysia
Assoc. Prof. Dr Rokiah Mohd Yusof
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Universiti Putra Malaysia
43400 UPM Serdang,
Selangor, Malaysia
Topics Present
Introduction
Nutritional Status
Food supply and Dietary
Pattern
Diet Related Chronic
Diseases
Intervention Activities
for Promoting Healthy
Nutrition
Introduction
Increasingly more developing countries world
wide are undergoing nutritional changes,
which are characterized by manifestation of
both under and over nutrition.
While macronutrient and micronutrient
deficiencies persist resulting in poor
nutritional status and morbidity, the
prevalence of overweight and obesity has
been on the rise, in urban and rural areas in
many countries.
Malaysia typifies a rapid developing country,
which has undergone major demographic and
socioeconomic changes since attaining
independence in 1957.