Abqariyah Yahya

Biographic Data

ID3916399
NAMEAbqariyah Yahya
GIVEN NAMESAbqariyah
FAMILY NAMEYahya
SIGNATUREYAHYA A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Malaya
ORCID0000-0001-9158-415X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS15
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR15
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Cardiometabolic outcome of MyBFF@school intervention program among secondary schoolchildren

    Open AccessMuhammad Yazid Jalaludin, Farah Aqilah Roslan et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2026

    Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia are comorbidities associated with obesity in children and adolescents. This school-based, cluster-randomized controlled study evaluated the effectiveness of a 6-month intervention (MyBFF@school) on cardiometabolic markers among overweight and obese Malaysian adolescents. This study involved proportionate stratified random sampling of government schools in three selected states in Malaysia. Fifteen o…

  • Effects of a nutrition education intervention on nutrition knowledge and attitude among overweight and obese primary schoolchildren

    Open AccessRusidah Selamat, Nur Azlina Abdul Aziz et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Clinical trial number: NCT04155255, November 7, 2019 (Retrospective registered). National Medical Research Register: NMRR-13-439-16563. Registered July 23, 2013. The intervention program was approved by the Medical Research and Ethics Committee (MREC), Ministry of Health Malaysia and Educational Planning and Research Division (EPRD), Ministry of Education Malaysia. It was funded by the Ministry of Health Malaysia

  • Effects of the MyBFF@school obesity intervention program with nutrition education intervention on nutrition knowledge and attitude of secondary schoolchildren

    Open AccessRusidah Selamat, Junidah Raib et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Clinical trial number: NCT04155255, November 7, 2019 (Retrospective registered). National Medical Research Register: NMRR-13-439-16563. Registered July 23, 2013. The intervention program was approved by the Medical Research and Ethics Committee (MREC), Ministry of Health Malaysia and Educational Planning and Research Division (EPRD), Ministry of Education Malaysia. It was funded by the Ministry of Health Malaysia

  • The effect of the MyBFF@school program on cardiorespiratory fitness in overweight and obese primary schoolchildren

    Open AccessAbdul Halim Mokhtar, Muhammad Ashaari Kamarudin et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Clinical trial number: NCT04155255, November 7, 2019 (Retrospective registered). National Medical Research Register: NMRR-13-439-16563. Registered July 23, 2013. The intervention program was approved by the Medical Research and Ethics Committee (MREC), Ministry of Health, Malaysia and, the Educational Planning and Research Division (EPRD), Ministry of Education, Malaysia. It was funded by the Ministry of Health, Malaysia

  • Rationale, design, and methodology of My Body Is Fit and Fabulous at school (MyBFF@school) study

    Open AccessAbdul Halim Mokhtar, Ruziana Mona Wan Mohd Zin et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Clinical trial number: NCT04155255, November 7, 2019 (Retrospective registered). National Medical Research Register: NMRR-13-439-16563. Registered July 23, 2013. The intervention program was approved by the Medical Research and Ethics Committee (MREC), Ministry of Health Malaysia and Educational Planning and Research Division (EPRD), Ministry of Education Malaysia. It was funded by the Ministry of Health Malaysia

  • Cardiometabolic outcome of MyBFF@school intervention program among primary schoolchildren

    Open AccessMuhammad Yazid Jalaludin, Ruziana Mona Wan Mohd Zin et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Clinical trial number: NCT04155255, November 7, 2019 (Retrospective registered). National Medical Research Register: NMRR-13-439-16563. Registered July 23, 2013. The Medical Research and Ethics Committee (MREC), Ministry of Health Malaysia and Educational Planning and Research Division (EPRD), Ministry of Education Malaysia approved the intervention program. It was funded by the Ministry of Health Malaysia

  • Effects of MyBFF@school, a multifaceted obesity intervention program, on anthropometry and body composition of overweight and obese primary schoolchildren

    Open AccessRuziana Mona Wan Mohd Zin, Abdul Halim Mokhtar et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Clinical trial number: NCT04155255, November 7, 2019 (Retrospective registered). National Medical Research Register: NMRR-13-439-16,563. Registered July 23, 2013. The intervention program was approved by the Medical Research and Ethics Committee (MREC), Ministry of Health Malaysia and the Educational Planning and Research Division (EPRD), Ministry of Education Malaysia. It was funded by the Ministry of Health Malaysia

  • Effects of the MyBFF@school program on anthropometry and body composition among overweight and obese adolescent schoolchildren

    Open AccessNur Zati Iwani Ahmad Kamil, Abdul Halim Mokhtar et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Clinical trial number: NCT04155255, November 7, 2019 (Retrospective registered). National Medical Research Register: NMRR-13-439-16,563. Registered July 23, 2013. The intervention program was approved by the Medical Research and Ethics Committee (MREC), Ministry of Health Malaysia and Educational Planning and Research Division (EPRD), Ministry of Education Malaysia. It was funded by the Ministry of Health Malaysia

  • The effectiveness of MyBFF@school intervention program in reducing emotional and behavioral problems in overweight and obese secondary schoolchildren in Malaysia

    Open AccessZahari Ishak, Low Suet Fin et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Clinical trial number: NCT04155255, November 7, 2019 (Retrospective registered). National Medical Research Register: NMRR-13-439-16,563. Registered July 23, 2013. The Medical Research and Ethics Committee (MREC), Ministry of Health Malaysia and Educational Planning and Research Division (EPRD), Ministry of Education Malaysia approved the intervention program. It was funded by the Ministry of Health Malaysia

  • Cardiometabolic risk factors among children who are affected by overweight, obesity and severe obesity

    Open AccessAhmad Kamil Nur Zati Iwani, Muhammad Yazid Jalaludin et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Background: The increasing severity of obesity is expected to lead to more serious health effects. However, there is limited information on the prevalence and clinical characteristics of cardiometabolic risk factors in severely children affected by obesity in Malaysia. This baseline study aimed to investigate the prevalence of these factors and their association with obesity status among young children. Methods: -score from the World Health Organ…

  • Material Security Scale as a Measurement of Poverty among Key Populations At-Risk for HIV/Aids in Malaysia

    Open AccessNA Mohd Salleh, Ahsan Ahmad et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    The HIV epidemic is fueled by poverty; yet, methods to measure poverty remain scarce among populations at risk for HIV infection and disease progression to AIDS in Malaysia. Between August and November 2020, using data from a cross-sectional study of people who use drugs, (PWUD), transgender people, sex workers and men who have sex with men, this study examined the reliability and validity of a material security scale as a measurement of poverty.…

  • Longitudinal Association between Sarcopenia and Cognitive Impairment among Older Adults in Rural Malaysia

    Open AccessKarthikeyanathan Ramoo, Noran Naqiah Hairi et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    Sarcopenia is a condition that is highly prevalent among older adults. This condition is linked to numerous adverse health outcomes, including cognitive impairment that impairs healthy ageing. While sarcopenia and cognitive impairment may share a common pathway, limited longitudinal studies exist to show the relationship between these two conditions. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the longitudinal association between sarcopenia and cognit…

  • Fast Food Intake, Emotional and Behavioral Problems among Adolescents with Overweight and Obese Problems Participating in MyBFF@school Intervention Program

    Open AccessZahari Ishak, Low Suet Fin et al.ARTICLESAGE Open2022References: 33

    The prevalence of fast food consumption and childhood obesity has increased rapidly. This study aimed to assess the association between the frequency of fast food consumption in the past week with emotional and behavioral problems of 624 adolescents with overweight and obese problems (mean age = 14.6). Frequency of fast food consumption was assessed through a pre-tested nutritional knowledge, attitude, and practice questionnaire. Meanwhile, the Y…

  • Longitudinal Vitamin D Deficiency Among Malaysian Pregnant Women and Its Correlation With Neonatal Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels

    Open AccessMuzaitul Akma Mustapa Kamal Basha, Hazreen Abdul Majid et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021

    Objective: This study aimed to investigate the longitudinal relationship between maternal vitamin D concentrations during pregnancy and neonatal vitamin D concentrations at birth. Materials and Methods: A prospective cohort of 236 healthy pregnant women from various ethnicity in early pregnancy (≤20 weeks of pregnancy) was followed at late pregnancy (28–40 weeks of pregnancy) and birth. Maternal serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) was assessed at…

  • Dietary Practices and Meal Patterns among Overweight and Obese School Children in Malaysia

    Rusidah Selamat, Junidah Raib et al.ARTICLEEcology of Food and Nutrition2020

    This study aimed to determine dietary practices and meal patterns among Malaysian overweight and obese school children at baseline. This study was part of a school-based obesity intervention study, My Body is Fit and Fabulous at School (MyBFF@school). It involved 1045 primary and 1041 secondary overweight and obese school children from a randomly selected 23 out of 1196 primary and 15 out of 416 secondary government schools in central Peninsular …