Results
Socio-demographic characteristics
One hundred and thirty two out of 140 students participated
in this study with a response rate of 94.0%. The
majority was females (70.5%) and aged more than
22 years (old 61.4%). Most of them were Malays (61.4%)
while Indians and Chinese constituted (of ) 31.8% and
2.3% respectively. Regarding mother’s education level,
44.7% had tertiary education, 37.9% had high school or
less and the rest had non-formal education (17.4%).
Regarding father’s education, majority had tertiary education
(51.5%), 33.3% had high school or less and 15.2%
had non-formal education. The majority of mothers
were not working (57.6%). The majority had an average
monthly household income of RM 3000 or less (59.1%)
and living with their families (64.4%). The majority had
denied smoking (94.7%) and alcohol consumption (97%).
A lot of them performed regular exercise (78%), but
some did not (22%). More than half (53%) had a normal
BMI, 22.7% were under weights, 16.7% were pre-obese
and 7.6% were obese Class I (Table 1).