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Behavioral issues play an important factor in the management of obesity in order to maintain adherence to intervention. Objective of this study was to determine the awareness and perception on obesity among obese people. Thirty obese people (M = 21, F = 9) were identified during health screening program. Parallel back-to-back translation, validated, and self-administered questionnaire was given out to subjects, which is available in Bahasa Malaysia and English. Twenty-three (77 %) respondents were aware of being obese and had their body mass index (BMI) correctly calculated. Twenty-four (80 %) respondents were aware that diet and exercise were the main factors for obesity. Nineteen (63 %) subjects perceived obese people as lazy and 14 (46 %) perceived as untidy. These information highlighted that obese people has considerable insight into their obesity problems, which can act as a platform for further affective evaluation such as family dynamics, work environment, and psychological issues.
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Omar, M. et al. (2014). The Obesity Awareness and Perception Among Obese People. In: Adnan, R., Ismail, S., Sulaiman, N. (eds) Proceedings of the International Colloquium on Sports Science, Exercise, Engineering and Technology 2014 (ICoSSEET 2014). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-107-7_24
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