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Abstract Category: Biomedical Science
Response to COVID-19 Pandemic in Malaysia - Embedded Elements of Health Policy
Islamic Fasting Approach on Weight Loss Intervention – Experience Through the Lens of Participants
and Systems Research (HPSR) 119
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Johari, M. Z. , Sulaiman, N. S. , Abdullah, S. R. , Khalil, M. K. N. , Wan Mohd Zin, R. M. , Mohd Yunus, S.
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N. N. , Kamaruddin, H. , Norshamsul, N. I. , Azizul, N. H.
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Centre for Health Communications and Informatics Research, Institute for Health Behaviour Research, National
Multimorbidity and Patterns of Healthcare Utilisation Among Elderly and Pre-Elderly
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Adults– Findings From the National Health and Morbidity Survey 2019 120
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Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute for Medical Research, National Institutes of
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Introduction
Weight loss is a natural process of weight management in life but the process and effectiveness varies
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from individual to individual. This study attempts to assess the effectiveness of an Islamic approach of
the sunnah fasting (Mondays and Thursday) combined with healthy plating as part of a weight loss
Findings From the NHMS 2019 121
intervention through the views of the participants.

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Method
This qualitative study takes on exploratory approach in obtaining feedback from selected participants
Effectiveness of the Regular Health Screening Activity at Workplace: Findings From the
of the intervention. Four groups of participants (two successful and two unsuccessful) were invited in
Healthy Community Empowers the Nation-Plus Program (KOSPEN-Plus), Malaysia 2019 122
separate Focus Group Discussions (FGD) to give their experiential feedback after completing the
intervention. FGDs were recorded verbatim and transcribed. Data was blind and axial coded before
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thematically analyzed.
Result
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In total 21 participants were interviewed. Four themes emerged -­‐ efficacy towards intervention,
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barriers and facilitators to success, support and sustainability. Participants who were success attributed
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having a strong support system at home or at work and the sense of competitiveness as the main key
to who were successful. Similarly, the same attributes are also the reason to those who did not
succeed in losing the prescribed weight. Most suffered difficulty of at least one month to adapt to the
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intervention. Sporadically in both groups stated the intervention is sustainable for a long period.
Individual motivation plays a strong role in the success or failure in weight loss.
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Discussion
Islamic fasting is perceived to be a viable intervention to weight loss and its success is driven both by
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individual motivation and a strong support system to be sustainable.
Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Risk Factors Among Workers in the KOSPEN Plus
Keywords: weight loss, Islamic fasting, qualitative, effectiveness, sustainability
Programme: Should We Be Worried? 125

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Scoring and Ranking: An Analysis of Research Priority-Setting Under 12th Malaysia Plan 126

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The Malaysia Health Research Priority Setting for Non-Communicable Diseases 127

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Document Analysis and Mapping of Policies on Hypertension in Malaysia 128
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