About the Authors

Nor Baizura Md. Yusop

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Chan Yoke Mun

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Zalilah Mohd Shariff

zalilahms@upm.edu.my

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Choo Beng Huat

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Manipal Medical Collage, Melaka, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NBMY CYM ZMS CBH. Performed the experiments: NBMY CYM. Analyzed the data: NBMY CYM ZMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NBMY CYM ZMS CBH. Wrote the manuscript: NBMY CYM ZMS. Obtained permission for data collection and data analysis (medical): CBH.