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Sharifah Wajihah Wafa

Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin
Verified email at unisza.edu.my
Cited by 460

Randomized controlled trial of a good practice approach to treatment of childhood obesity in Malaysia: Malaysian Childhood Obesity Treatment Trial (MASCOT)

SW Wafa, RA Talib, NH Hamzaid… - … journal of pediatric …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Context. Few randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of interventions for the treatment of
childhood obesity have taken place outside the Western world. Aim. To test whether a good …

[HTML][HTML] Nutritional status and its determinants in the Eastern Mediterranean region. A review

EA Al-Shameri, AH Al-Shahethi, SW Wafa - Saudi Medical Journal, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives: To review relevant literature on the determinants of the nutritional status of the
children below 5 years of age in the Eastern Mediterranean Regional (EMR) countries and …

Is pulpotomy a promising modality in treating permanent teeth? An umbrella review

…, HY Lee, T Low, MPM Pillai, TS Laer, SWWSST Wafa - Odontology, 2022 - Springer
Emerging evidence suggests the use of less invasive therapy such as pulpotomy in treating
permanent teeth with pulp exposure and signs of pulpitis. Hence, this umbrella review aims …

[HTML][HTML] Association between physical activity and health-related quality of life in children: a cross-sectional study

SWWSST Wafa, MR Shahril, A Ahmad… - Health and Quality of life …, 2016 - Springer
Background Research suggests that physical activity plays a role to improve health related-
quality of life (QoL), however studies examining the association between physical activity …

Data mining techniques for classification of childhood obesity among year 6 school children

FS Abdullah, NSA Manan, A Ahmad, SW Wafa… - Recent Advances on …, 2017 - Springer
Today, data mining is broadly applied in many fields, including healthcare and medical
fields. Obesity problem among children is one of the issues commonly explored using data …

Objectively measured habitual physical activity and sedentary behaviour in obese and non-obese Malaysian children

SW Wafa, H Hamzaid, RA Talib… - Journal of tropical …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The present study examined objectively measured physical activity in Malaysian children
and compared the differences in physical levels between obese and healthy weight children. …

[HTML][HTML] Association between the school environment and children's body mass index in Terengganu: A cross sectional study

SW Wafa, R Ghazalli - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
With the on-going interest in implementing school policies to address the problem of childhood
obesity in Malaysia, there is urgent need for information about the association between …

Quality of life of obese children in Malaysia

…, NH Azizi, N Maamor, JJ Reilly, SW Wafa - … Journal of Pediatric …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Background. Quality of life (QoL) is impaired in childhood obesity, but the literature on this is
all from Western countries. Aim. To test for impairment of QoL in obese children in Malaysia, …

Dietary carbohydrate, fiber and sugar and risk of breast cancer according to menopausal status in Malaysia

S Sulaiman, MR Shahril, SW Wafa… - Asian Pacific Journal …, 2014 - koreascience.kr
Background: Dietary carbohydrate, fiber and sugar intake has been shown to play a role in
the etiology of breast cancer, but the findings have been inconsistent and limited to …

Online learning challenges during pandemic COVID-19 in Malaysian higher learning institution

…, SSTW Sharifah Wajihah Wafa - Universal Journal of …, 2020 - eprints.unisza.edu.my
Since the announcement of the movement control order (MCO) to help curb the spread of
COVID-19 virus, education institutions across the nation have taken great measures to ensure …