Geeta A/P Appannah



Salutation
Professor

School/Centre
School of Health Sciences

Department
Nutrition and Dietetics

Appointment
Head of Centre, Centre for Transformative Nutrition and Health

Position
Professor

Email
geetaappannah@imu.edu.my



Education

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MSc (Community Health Sc), 2015 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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PhD (Human Nutrition Research), 2013 University of Cambridge
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BSc (Dietetics), 2013 Universiti Sains Malaysia

Memberships

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Malaysian Association for the Study of Obesity (MASO) President 2008 - Present

Publications

Research Articles

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An Audit of An Audit of An Audit of An Audit of Diabetes Control and Management (ADCM) Diabetes Control and Management (ADCM) Diabetes Control and Management (ADCM) Diabetes … MALAY 2026
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Harnessing generalized structural equation modelling to understand the pathway linking maternal and child factors to fruit and vegetable intake trajectories from toddlerhood to … EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION 2026
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The Socio-demographics and Pattern of Atherosclerosis of Hos-pitalized Adult Patients Without SARS-Cov-2 Infection in A New Tertiary Hospital in Malaysia INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH SCIENCES 2026
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iCARDIO Alliance Global Implementation Guidelines for the Management of Obesity 2025 Focus on Prevention and Treatment of Cardiometabolic Disease AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY 2026
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Efficient and Effective Diabetes Care in the Era of Digitalization and Hypercompetitive Research Culture: A Focused Review in the Western Pacific Region with Malaysia as a Case … Health Systems & Reform 2025
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The Asia–Oceania consensus: Definitions and diagnostic criteria for sarcopenic obesity Obesity Research & Clinical Practice 2025
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The use of linear programming approach in diet optimization among children under five: a scoping review BMC Public Health 2025
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Linear Programming Optimization of Local Food-Based Recommendations for Undernourished Urban Poor Malaysian Children Aged 2 to 5 Years FOOD AND NUTRITION BULLETIN 2025
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Multiple Micronutrients Supplementation Among Premarital Women in Surabaya, Indonesia. MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & HEALTH SCIENCES 2025
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Adherence of Malaysian Older Persons to the ‘‘Variety’’Characteristic based on the Malaysian Dietary Guidelines INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL 2025
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PUTRA-CV study protocol: a multicentre observational study of ethnic-specific genetic variants and dietary patterns in relation to lipoprotein (a) levels and their association … BMJ OPEN 2025
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Factors Associated with Dietary Diversity Among Preschool Children Aged Two to Six From Low-income Households in Seremban, Malaysia. MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & HEALTH SCIENCES 2025
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Applying integrative analysis of dietary patterns to understand Ramadan-Induced nutritional status alterations in hemodialysis patients JOURNAL OF RENAL NUTRITION 2025
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Prospective associations between an empirically derived dietary pattern and life satisfaction in Malaysian adolescents NUTRITION & METABOLISM 2024
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Dietary pattern trajectories in early childhood and their associations with patterns of maternal feeding practices in a multi-ethnic Asian cohort Nutrition journal 2024
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Relation of preconception eating behaviours to dietary pattern trajectories and gestational weight gain from preconception to late pregnancy Appetite 2024
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The relationship between Pattern B lipoprotein profile and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol subfractions with Metabolic Syndrome and Framingham Risk Score in adults at … The Malaysian Journal of Pathology 2023
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Dietary patterns associated with the risk of type 2 diabetes in women with and without a history of gestational diabetes mellitus: A pilot study. Malaysian Journal of Nutrition 2023
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Maternal hemoglobin change from early pregnancy to second trimester is associated with risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: a retrospective cohort study Frontiers in Nutrition 2023
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Associations between a high ‘calcium, potassium and protein’dietary pattern, osteopenia and osteoporosis in older adults in Malaysia Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia 2023
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Consumption expenditure on processed meat and its correlates: an ethnic comparison Nutrition and Cancer 2023
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Dietary patterns, metabolomic profile, and nutritype signatures associated with type 2 diabetes in women with postgestational diabetes mellitus: MyNutritype study protocol METABOLITES 2022
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Maternal and dietary factors are associated with metabolic syndrome in women with a previous history of gestational diabetes mellitus International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2022
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Abstracts of the 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Nutrition Society of Australia Proceedings 2022
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Association between bone characteristics and cardiovascular risk factors among adults in selected urban areas in Selangor, Malaysia. MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2022
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Thyroid Dysfunction, Total Cholesterol Levels and Anthropometric Status in Women of Reproductive Age in Iodine Deficient Area of Prambanan Sub-District, Sleman Regency … Jurnal Gizi Pangan 2022
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Prevalence and Factors Associated with Postpartum Glucose Intolerance Following Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Malaysia: A Narrative Review Social Sciences 2022
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FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS EARLY AND LATE CONVERSION FROM GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS TO ABNORMAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE POSTPARTUM Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies 2022
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Effect of vitamin D supplementation on cardiac-metabolic risk factors in elderly: a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials Diabetology & metabolic syndrome 2022
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A Study on The Incidence and Maternal/Neonatal Characteristics for Fetal and Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia at Malaysia National Blood Centre. MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & HEALTH SCIENCES 2021
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Asymptomatic morphometric vertebral fractures and its associated factors: A cross-sectional study among adults in a selected urban area in Selangor, Malaysia Plos one 2021
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Dietary pattern trajectories across adolescence and early adulthood and their associations with childhood and parental factors The American journal of clinical nutrition 2021
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PUTRA-Adol Study: protocol for an observational follow-up study to assess the tracking of dietary patterns linked to cardiometabolic risk factors and its prospective … BMJ open 2021
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‘Energy-Dense, High-SFA and Low-Fiber’Dietary Pattern Lowered Adiponectin but Not Leptin Concentration of Breast Cancer Survivors Nutrients 2021
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Inadequate gestational weight gain and exposure to second-hand smoke during pregnancy increase the risk of low birth weight: a cross-sectional study among full-term infants International journal of environmental research and public health 2021
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Dietary patterns and type 2 diabetes risk in Malaysian women with and without history of gestational diabetes mellitus Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 2021
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Rate of gestational weight gain trajectory is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes Public Health Nutrition 2020
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Evaluation of Dietary Quality Using Malaysian Healthy Eating Index and Its Relationships With Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Malaysian Adolescents. Malaysian Journal of Medicine & Health Sciences 2020
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The relationships between a dietary pattern linked to cardiometabolic risk factors and life satisfaction in early adolescence International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020
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Associations of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin d with adiposity and at-risk lipid profile differ for indigenous (Orang asli) male and female adults of peninsular Malaysia INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020
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Influence of social facilitation on energy intake among university students. A laboratory study Obesity Medicine 2020
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Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia Menopause 2020
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A pilot study on pattern B lipoprotein profile in Malaysia MALAYS J PATHOL 2020
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Different reference ranges affect the prevalence of osteoporosis and osteopenia in an urban adult Malaysian population Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia 2020
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Associations of an empirical dietary pattern with cardiometabolic risk factors in Malaysian adolescents Nutrition & metabolism 2020
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The association between dietary patterns before and in early pregnancy and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM): Data from the Malaysian SECOST cohort PloS one 2020
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Face validity analysis of Thyroid Dysfunction Questionnaire (TDQ). EurAsian Journal of Biosciences 2020
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Weight change and its association with cardiometabolic risk markers in overweight and obese women Journal of Obesity 2020
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Vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy and its associated factors among third trimester Malaysian pregnant women PLoS One 2019
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Predictors of diet quality as measured by Malaysian healthy eating index among aboriginal women (Mah Meri) in Malaysia Nutrients 2019
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Do dietary patterns track from adolescence into adulthood? Obesity Research & Clinical Practice 2019
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A17183 Micronutrient Intake Adequacy and Hypertension Risk among Rural-Dwelling Indigenous Adults in Peninsular Malaysia Journal of Hypertension 2018
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Prediction of body fat loss in relation to change in nutrient intake among housewives participating in the MyBFF@ home study BMC Women's Health 2018
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Effectiveness of a community-based intervention for weight loss on cardiometabolic risk factors among overweight and obese women in a low socio-economic urban community … BMC women's health 2018
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Impact of community lifestyle intervention on anthropometric parameters and body composition among overweight and obese women: findings from the MyBFF@ home study BMC Women's Health 2018
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Pattern B Lipoprotein Profile and its Associated Factors among Subjects Attending Health Screening at Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY 2018
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Contribution of early nutrition on the development of malnutrition and allergic diseases in the first year of life: a study protocol for the Mother and Infant Cohort Study (MICOS) BMC pediatrics 2018
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Associations Between an'Energy Dense, High Sugar, High Fibre and Low Fat'Dietary Pattern and Dyslipidaemia among Adolescents from Three Southern States in Peninsular Malaysia International Journal of Cardiology 2018
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Determinants of a dietary pattern linked with greater metabolic risk and its tracking during adolescence Journal of human nutrition and dietetics 2018
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Household food insecurity, diet quality, and weight status among indigenous women (Mah Meri) in Peninsular Malaysia Nutrition Research and Practice 2018
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Higher dietary cost is associated with higher diet quality: A cross-sectional study among selected Malaysian adults Nutrients 2017
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Obesity indices predict hypertension among indigenous adults in Krau Wildlife Reserve, Peninsular Malaysia Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 2017
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The Early Life Predictors of a Dietary Pattern Linked With Greater Metabolic Risk in Adolescence and Tracking of Its Food Components THE FASEB JOURNAL 2016
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Identification of a dietary pattern associated with greater cardiometabolic risk in adolescence Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases 2015
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Aging Male Symptoms Scale (Ams) For Health-Related Quality Of Life In Aging Men: Translation And Adaptation In Malay Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine 2015
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The reliability of an adolescent dietary pattern identified using reduced-rank regression: comparison of a FFQ and 3 d food record BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION 2014
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A dietary pattern associated with increased insulin resistance tracks during adolescence: T3: S18. 04 Obesity Reviews 2014
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The Third National Health and Morbidity Survey: prevalence of obesity, and abdominal obesity among the Malaysian elderly population Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health 2012
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Sensitivity and specificity of waist circumference as a single screening tool for identification of overweight and obesity among Malaysian adults MED J MALAYSIA 2011
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Psychometric properties of the malay version of the EQ-5D in Malaysia SEGi Rev 2010
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Reliability, technical error of measurements and validity of length and weight measurements for children under two years old in Malaysia Med J Malaysia 2010
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Nutritional Epidemiology and Public Health-Optimal cut-off levels to define obesity: Body mass index and waist circumference, and their relationship to cardiovascular disease … Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2009
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Nutritional status of children below five years in Malaysia: Anthropometric analyses from the Third National Health and Morbidity Survey III (NHMS, 2006). MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION 2009
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Optimal cut-off levels to define obesity: body mass index and waist circumference, and their relationship to cardiovascular disease, dyslipidaemia, hypertension and diabetes in Malaysia ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION 2009
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Reliability, technical error of measurements and validity of instruments for nutritional status assessment of adults in Malaysia Singapore medical journal 2009
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Reliability and technical error of calf circumference and mid-half arm span measurements for nutritional status assessment of elderly persons in Malaysia Malaysian journal of nutrition 2008
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The Third National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS III) 2006: nutritional status of adults aged 18 years and above Malays J Nutr 2008
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An audit of diabetes control and management (ADCM) Med J Malaysia 2008
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Abdominal Obesity in Malaysian Adults: National Health and Morbidity Survey III (NHMS III, 2006). Malaysian journal of nutrition 2008
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A national database on children and adolescent with diabetes (e-DiCARE): results from April 2006 to June 2007 Med J Malaysia 2008
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The Third National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS III) 2006: Nutritional status of children aged 0 to below 18 years Malaysian J Nutr 2008
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Reliability and technical error of calf circumference and mid-half arm span measurements for nutritional status assessment of elderly persons in Malaysia Malays J Nutr 2008
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Reliability, technical error of measurements and validity of instruments for nutritional status assessment of adults in Malaysia Malaysian Journal of Nutrition. Nutrition Society of Malaysia 2008

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Other Publications

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CORRELATIONS BETWEEN VITAMIN D AND BONE MINERAL DENSITY IN A RANDOMLY SELECTED, HEALTHY, URBAN MALAYSIAN POPULATION OSTEOPOROSIS INTERNATIONAL | 01 Jan 2019
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Prevalence of Stunting among Malaysian Infants Aged 6 Months and Its Associated Factors ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM | 01 Jan 2019

Medias

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Murid obes semakin membimbangkan Sinar Bestari | 15 Apr 2024
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Gaya Hidup Tidak Sihat Punca Ramai Obes Utusan Malaysia | 25 Oct 2023
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Prevalence of obesity in Malaysia China Press/Utusan Malaysia | 23 Oct 2023
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Consume less meat to avoid NCD, Malaysians urged The Sun | 10 Apr 2023