CLUSTer Universiti Malaya

Let’s talk about obesity! Here is the compilation of media pieces on obesity and its related health conditions written by some of our CLUSTer research team members.

Let’s screen your health status now via our CLUSTer online questionnaire at https://tinyurl.com/clustergen!

Let's Talk About Obesity and... | Department of Social and Preventive Medicine World Obesity Day - 4 March - is a unified day of action that calls for a cohesive, cross-sector response to the obesity crisis. This year's (2024) campaign

| CLUSTer Study : School Engagement Experience |

The CLUSTer study, which began in 2013, is a cohort study that aims to examine the clustering of lifestyle risk factors and work-related stress among teachers in Malaysia, as well as follow up on important health outcomes. The follow-up of this cohort study has resumed since July 2022 and is ongoing in selected schools across Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Johor, Penang, Terengganu, and Malacca.

We are delighted to engage some selected schools in a health campaign and health screening. On March 15th and 16th, 2023, our CLUSTer study team (Dr. Yoong Lee Yeen, Mr Ng Yit Han, Dr Yap Jun Fai and Dr. Patrick Peng Wee Yao) under supervision of Professor Dr. Moy Foong Ming, has engaged with the selected schools, Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Cina) Subang and Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Tamil) Vivekananda in Petaling Jaya, to raise awareness of teachers' health and wellbeing, conduct blood pressure screening, and administer the CLUSTer RedCAP online questionnaire screening.

The teachers were actively involved in our health talks, health quizzes, X-break sessions, blood pressure measurements, as well as health screening using CLUSTer RedCAP online questionnaire. The teachers' knowledge of non-communicable diseases increased from an average score of 55% in the pre-test to 82% in the post-test after the health talks. We also identified some cases of high blood pressure and provided consultation to the teachers. Through the school engagement programs, we were able to better understand the teachers' working lives and the barriers to healthy living, enabling us to help them incorporate what they learned into their routines.

We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to the schools and teachers who participated in our studies and actively engaged with us. For those schools which were not selected for school engagement, we would urged you to screen your latest health status through our online questionnaire via https://tinyurl.com/clustergen. Get to know more about our CLUSTer study update through our official website at https://spm.um.edu.my/cluster or visit our page at https://www.facebook.com/CLUSTer.my .

The school engagement experiences created a bridge for interaction between our team and the teachers, providing meaningful insights for both parties. We hope that this school engagement experience can lead to more significant, practical, and relevant health policies that can improve the teachers' health and wellbeing through our CLUSTer cohort study!

Prepared by Dr Yoong Lee Yeen and Prof Dr. Moy Foong Ming

Read more from our CLUSTer Study Official Website: https://spm.um.edu.my/cluster/?page_id=117

In conjuction with World Obesity Day 2023, let's talk about obesity! Know your BMI status and health status by joining our online survey at https://tinyurl.com/clustergen now! 😊🙏🏻

Let’s talk about obesity From DR SOH YIH HARNG, DrPH candidate and PROF DR MOY FOONG MING, Faculty of Medicine Universiti Malaya.

In line with the World Heart Day, themed "Use Heart for Every Heart", all adults aged 40 or older should take the initiative to undergo an annual cardiovascular health screening at the nearest health facility.
Do participate in our follow-up online CLUSTer survey at https://tinyurl.com/clustergen , as a form of simple health screening to know your health status well!

Increased risks for Covid-19 survivors | New Straits Times Out of the many CVDs, coronary heart disease (which may present acutely as a heart attack) accounts for most of the CVD burden across many developed countries.

It is our pleasure to announce that CLUSTer follow-up has started at the selected schools in Selangor and Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, and is extending to Johor and Penang state from August 2022. We looking forward for the participation from all the school teachers who had participated in our baseline study, including the transferred / retired teachers. For more information, feel free to visit our CLUSTer official website at https://spm.um.edu.my/cluster .

Metabolic Syndrome among Teachers

Metabolic syndrome was defined using the harmonization criteria as having any three or more of the following risk factors: central obesity, elevated triglyceride, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high blood pressure, and high fasting blood glucose. CLUSTer research findings showed that participants with shorter sleep duration, BMI ≥23.0 kg/m2, and older age had significantly higher odds of metabolic syndrome. The prevalence of metabolic obese, non-obese (MONO), in which the participants who had metabolic syndrome with normal weight was 17.7% among the teacher population. Read more on our publication at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5350617/

We are happy to announce that we will start CLUSTer follow-up at selected schools in Selangor and Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, and will extend to other states soon.

Some write up on Obesity and health....in conjunction of World Obesity Day on 4 March 2022.

Everybody Needs to Act! | SPM Obesity is a public health challenge that has grown into worldwide epidemics. It is estimated that almost one-third of the adults worldwide will be overweight

Today is The World Obesity Day!!!

Obesity is a complex disease, with many root causes throughout society. That’s why we all need to work together to find solutions. Tackling the roots of obesity benefits everybody and will give us all the chance to lead happier, healthier and longer lives.

"Everybody Needs To Act"

Lose weight for a healthy life | New Straits Times In 2017, the Economist Intelligence Unit reported that Malaysia had the highest overall cost for obesity among Asean members, reaching 10 to 20 per cent of the country’s healthcare expenditure.

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