The Family Diet Study: a cross‐sectional study into the associations between diet, food habits and body weight status in Malay families

Childhood obesity is becoming more common as Malaysia experiences rapid nutrition transition. Current evidence related to parental influences on child dietary intake and body weight status is limited. The present study aimed to report, among Malay families, the prevalence of energy mis-reporting and dietary relationships within family dyads.The cross-sectional Family Diet Study (n = 236) was conducted at five primary schools in central of...