The anthropometrics data were then compared with PE teachers' measurements from the SEGAK assessments obtained from the specifically developed Health Monitoring System database. Anthropometry measurements of standard six school adolescents involved in the Health of Adolescents in Terengganu study were taken by trained researchers using a standardised protocol.

Therefore, this study aimed to determine the reliability of the anthropometric data collected by physical education (PE) teachers in the SEGAK assessments. However, to date, there is still no reliability study conducted on this method.

School-based health programs implemented by the Malaysian Ministry of Education (MOE) through the National Physical Fitness Standard (SEGAK) assessments provided an important platform in health status monitoring among schoolchildren. This evidence could help to form the effective and tailored strategies at the earliest stage to prevent obesity in this population. This study found important determinants of body weight status among adolescents mainly associated with family and home environmental factor.

Overall, 13.1% of the variances in BMI Z-scores were explained by parents’ BMI, birth weight, servings of milk and dairy products and household size. Socio-demographic, dietary and physical activity data were collected using questionnaires whilst body weight and height were measured and body mass index was classified based on WHO BMI-for-age Z-scores cut-off.Ī multivariable linear regression model showed that BMI z-score was positively associated with parents’ BMI ( P <0.001), birth weight ( P =0.003), and serving size of milk and dairy products ( P =0.036) whilst inversely associated with household size ( P =0.022). This cross-sectional study involved 1,404 school adolescents aged 12 years (46% boys and 54% girls). This study aimed to identify the determinants of obesity among school adolescents in a sub-urban state of Malaysia. Finding the key determinants may help in designing the most appropriate and effective interventions to prevent obesity.

Childhood obesity has been associated with increased odds of adult obesity and co-morbidities in later life.

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