Leng Huat Foo

Leng Huat Foo

Universiti Sains Malaysia

H-index: 28

Asia-Malaysia

About Leng Huat Foo

Leng Huat Foo, With an exceptional h-index of 28 and a recent h-index of 20 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Universiti Sains Malaysia, specializes in the field of Public Health Nutrition, Nutritional Epidemiology.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults

Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents’ growth and development

Diminishing benefits of urban living for growth and development of school-aged children and adolescents in the 21st century

Assessments of sarcopenia and its associated factors in community-dwelling middle-aged and older Chinese adults in Kelantan, Malaysia

Perceived Barriers and Needs of Dietary Macro Nutrient Intake in Adolescent Schoolgirls in Small Island

Body weight status of adolescents: a study of three southeast Asian countries.

Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight

Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 …

Leng Huat Foo Information

University

Position

Associate Professor

Citations(all)

24880

Citations(since 2020)

19573

Cited By

12732

hIndex(all)

28

hIndex(since 2020)

20

i10Index(all)

37

i10Index(since 2020)

28

Email

University Profile Page

Universiti Sains Malaysia

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Leng Huat Foo Skills & Research Interests

Public Health Nutrition

Nutritional Epidemiology

Top articles of Leng Huat Foo

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults

The Lancet

Nowell H Phelps

Rosie K Singleton

Bin Zhou

Rachel A Heap

Anu Mishra

...

2024/2/29

Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents’ growth and development

Nature

2023/3/30

Diminishing benefits of urban living for growth and development of school-aged children and adolescents in the 21st century

Anu Mishra

Bin Zhou

Andrea Rodriguez-Martinez

Honor Bixby

Rosie Singleton

...

2023/3/29

Assessments of sarcopenia and its associated factors in community-dwelling middle-aged and older Chinese adults in Kelantan, Malaysia

Scientific Reports

Leng Huat Foo

Yin Siew Wen

Azidah Abdul Kadir

2023/5/9

Perceived Barriers and Needs of Dietary Macro Nutrient Intake in Adolescent Schoolgirls in Small Island

Media Kesehatan Masyarakat Indonesia

Healthy Hidayanty

Abdul Razak Thaha

Syamsuar Manyullei

Rahayu Indriasari

Mesra Rahayu

...

2022/9

Body weight status of adolescents: a study of three southeast Asian countries.

Andrew KG Tan

Steven T Yen

Leng-Huat Foo

Hai-bo Liu

2021/7/13

Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight

eLife

Lauren Lissner

B Zhou

JE Bennett

RM Carrillo-Larco

Kirsten Mehlig

...

2021

Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 …

Lancet

NCD-RisC

2021/9/11

Assessment of Food Quality in School Canteens: A Comparative Quantitative Study between Primary and Secondary Schools in Malaysia

Nutrients

Leng Huat Foo

Ying Jing Tan

2021/8/28

Correlates of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption of Malaysian preschoolers aged 3 to 6 years

Obesity Research & Clinical Practice

Rebecca M Leech

Felicity J Pendergast

Anthony Worsley

Sarah A McNaughton

2019/5/1

Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based …

Lancet

NCD-RisC

2020/11/7

Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol

Nature

2020/6/4

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Co-Authors

H-index: 76
Andrew P Hills BEd MSc PhD FASMF

Andrew P Hills BEd MSc PhD FASMF

University of Tasmania

H-index: 71
Victor R Preedy

Victor R Preedy

King's College

H-index: 18
Assoc Professor Dr Mohd Ezane Aziz

Assoc Professor Dr Mohd Ezane Aziz

Universiti Sains Malaysia

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