I. INTRODUCTION
Healthy eating is currently the growing concern of many
countries due to the rises of overweight and obesity rates
worldwide. The countries around the globe are currently
facing the „nutrition transition‟ which refers to the change in
the diet‟s structure, sedentary lifestyle and rapid increase in
obesity rate. Malaysia is not an exception. Modern lifestyles
such as more families eating out and younger generations rely
heavily on fast food are common nowadays [1]. Eating late
supper at nights has been a trend, with growing number of
food eateries operating around the clock offering places for
hanging out at nights. The increased popularity and
availability of food away from home (FAFH) in Malaysia is
evidenced by approximately 28,610 food service outlets
operating in 2009 to cater the wide range of the populations‟
tastes and preferences. The fast food sector was the leader in
new outlets of food service sector, predominantly recording
an absolute growth of 67% in the period of 2004 to 2009