This session was moderated by A/Prof Mahenderan Appukutty (UiTM/ SEANLP Alumni). Dr Helda and Prof Norimah highlighted that transitioning of the food consumption in Indonesia and Malaysia are characterised with more spending on processed and ready-to-eat foods, lower carbohydrate and higher fat contribution to the total calorie intake, higher animal protein consumption in urban and…
Prof Winnie Chee Siew Swee, Professor of Nutrition & Dietetics at the IMU-CTNH (in the photo above) is one of the contributors to this article. One of the most common challenges that people all over the world face is that of eating healthy and controlling our meal portions. Some of us struggle with it to…
Discussions about liver disease has recently gained traction among clinicians, especially with the release of new international clinical guidelines in 2019 and 2020. Considering how a quarter of our population are diagnosed with fatty liver, the Malaysian Society of Gastroenterology & Hepatology has also been championing metabolic profile assessment and referrals for lifestyle interventions. However,…
“And it is not only the individual that has to gain by better bone health. As a country that has an ageing population, decreasing the incidence of osteoporotic fractures will also have a big impact on the health system,” she adds. Let’s keep active Many people in their adult lives go to gyms to build…
Hmm, why specifically carbohydrates you may ask. Let us tell you, our story from where it all begins! Blood sugar levels are determined predominantly by the amount and quality of carbohydrates in one’s diet. This is because carbohydrates are broken down to sugar during digestion and are absorbed into the blood. Mainstream scientific evidence does…
The training was officially opened by SEAMEO Secretariat Director, Dr Ethel Agnes Pascua Valenzuela. Recognising the malnutrition status among Southeast Asian children due to unhealthy dietary behaviours, she stressed, in her keynote speech, the relevance of school canteen in improving student’s eating and sanitation habits and boosting their resiliency to diseases by providing healthy and…
Prof Winne Chee (in the photo above) is the moderator of the webinar. With the right diet and lifestyle management, diabetes remission is possible says experts. Type 2 diabetes is often described as a progressive disease. If left unchecked, without the right healthcare intervention and lifestyle changes, it can gradually deteriorate over time and more…
On 20 March, IMU’s Center of Transformative Nutrition & Health (CTNH) organised a webinar with speakers from Ministry of Health (MOH), Malaysia and University of Oxford on “Diabetes in Malaysia and South-East Asia: Is Remission Possible?”. The webinar was co-organised with the Malaysian Endocrine and Metabolic Society (MEMS) and the Malaysian Dietitians’ Association (MDA). The…