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Geok Lin Khor
Researcher at Universiti Putra Malaysia
Publications - 97
Citations - 3026
Geok Lin Khor is an academic researcher from Universiti Putra Malaysia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Overweight. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 94 publications receiving 2796 citations. Previous affiliations of Geok Lin Khor include Harvard University & International Medical University.
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The third national health and morbidity survey: Prevalence of obesity, and abdominal obesity among the Malaysian elderly population
S Suzana,Chee Cheong Kee,AR Jamaludin,M N Noor Safiza,Geok Lin Khor,H Jamaiyah,A Geeta,Z Ahmad Ali,R Rahmah,Ruzita At,Y Ahmad Fauzi +10 more
TL;DR: The Third National Health and Morbidity Survey assessed 4746 individuals aged 60 years and older recruited through a household survey to determine the prevalence of adiposity using body mass index and waist circumference, finding that adiposity affects about one third of the Malaysian elderly population.
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Cardiovascular epidemiology in the Asia-Pacific region.
TL;DR: The region is undergoing a rapid pace of urbanization, industrialization and major technological and lifestyle changes, and monitoring the impact of these changes on cardiovascular risks is essential to enable the implementation of appropriate strategies towards countering the rise of CVD mortality.
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATION Obesity and household food insecurity: evidence from a sample of rural households in Malaysia
Z Mohd Shariff,Geok Lin Khor +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined nutritional outcomes related to body fat accumulation of food insecurity among women from selected rural communities in Malaysia and found that more than 50% of food-insecure women were overweight and obese than women from food-secure households.
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Obesity and household food insecurity: evidence from a sample of rural households in Malaysia.
Z Mohd Shariff,Geok Lin Khor +1 more
TL;DR: Among this sample of rural women, the relationship between food insecurity and obesity is a complex one, which involves the interaction with other factors, Nevertheless, given that obesity and food insecurity are of public health concerns in the developing nations, the association between the two should be further investigated.
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High prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency and its association with BMI-for-age among primary school children in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Geok Lin Khor,Winnie Siew Swee Chee,Zalilah Mohd Shariff,Bee Koon Poh,Mohan Arumugam,Jamalludin Ab Rahman,Hannah E. Theobald +6 more
TL;DR: This study highlights the presence of a high prevalence of sub-optimal vitamin D status among urban primary school children in a tropical country and emphasizes the important need for appropriate interventions to address both problems of obesity and poor vitamin D Status in children.