Teo, Choon Huey
Chin, Yit Siew http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7609-1944
Lim, Poh Ying
Masrom, Shahril Azian Haji
Shariff, Zalilah Mohd
Funding for this research was provided by:
Nutrition Society of Malaysia (the printing of modules and education materials)
Article History
Received: 23 June 2019
Accepted: 30 September 2019
First Online: 30 October 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the National Medical Research Register (NMRR) and Medical Research Ethics Committee (MREC) of MOH, Malaysia (NMRR-17-1273-36,187 IIR). Permission for field data collection in primary schools was obtained from MOE Malaysia, State Department of Education of Johor and District Education Centre of Batu Pahat before the study. Written consents were obtained from children, their parents/guardians, school authorities (principal and teachers), and canteen food handlers, respectively.
: Not applicable.
: At the time of submission, CYS served as an Associate Editor of BMC Public Health.