Literature Review

Hello readers! This time we would like to share with you a few experimental works on Obesity Among Malaysians.

Example of Research

Introduction
Obesity cases in developing countries involve particularly women  increases every year.As a matter of fact,our health and life are affected by this matter.It is crucial that we pay extra care to this issue.

Aim
The objective of this research is to investigate the details of obesity concerning adult women in Selangor and its factors.

Methods
In January 2004,taking place in Selangor,a community based cross sectional study was carried out.A method of multi stage stratified proportionate to size sampling was done.This research concerned 20-59 years old women.A questionnaire-guided interview method was used to collect data.Socio-demographic (age,etchnicity,religion,education level,occupation,salary,marital status),Obstetic & Gynaecology history,body mass index (BMI),and the Patient Helath Questionnaire (PHQ-9) were the questions included in the questionnaire.

Results
A percentage of 94.2% was obtained as a result of 972 participants out of 1032 women.37.91 ± 10.91 was the mean age.The dominance of the said topic was 16.7% (mean = 1.83 ± 0.373).Age (p = 0.013), ethnicity (p = 0.001), religion (p = 0.002), schooling (p = 0.020), educational level (p = 0.016), marital status (p = 0.001) and the history of suffering a miscarriage within the past 6 months (p = 0.023) were all related with obesity.

Conclusion
In a nutshell,obesity among adult women based on this research is a common issue.It is crucial that preventation ways are taken to shun away the occurrence of this problem.
(Source: http://www.apfmj.com/content/8/1/2)


Example of Article

Cardiovascular disease,hypertension and diabetes mellitus are all threatened by abdominal obesity (AO).Specific findings about AO involving Malaysian adults internationally are not many to be found.Adults of age 18 years and above were the objects for the Third National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS III) conducted in 2006.Their waist circumferences were measured to obtain the results.Both socio-economic factors and demographic characteristics are related to the occurrence of AO.32,900 (98.3%) out of 33,465 individuals were measured.Important tips from World Health Organization were used to analyse the rate of AO.As a result,84.0cm was the mean waist circumference in both men and women.AO cases was internationally dominant with the percentage of 17.4%.The main patients of AO were women (95%),50-59 years of age (95%),Indians (95%),homemakers (95%),with primary educational level (95%) and was or still married (95%).It is vital that prevention plans of abdominal obesity (AO) are a must as chronic disease awaits those with AO.
(Source: http://www.nutriweb.org.my/publications/mjn0014_2/mjn14n2_art1.php)