This study aimed to determine dietary practices and meal patterns among Malaysian overweight and obese school children at baseline. This study was part of a school-based obesity intervention study, My Body is Fit and Fabulous at School (MyBFF@school). It involved 1045 primary and 1041 secondary overweight and obese school children from a randomly selected 23 out of 1196 primary and 15 out of 416 secondary government schools in central Peninsular Malaysia. The results showed a significantly higher of adequate intake (4–8 servings/day) of cereals and grains among primary (54.7%) than secondary school children (48.2%). About 28.2% of primary and 32.6% of secondary school children had consumed adequate fruit (2 servings/day), while a very low percentage of both primary (5.0%) and secondary (3.6%) school children consumed adequate vegetables (3 servings/day). As for the meal patterns, school children in both primary and secondary were not taking breakfast regularly (mean±SD for primary: 3.16 ± 2.61 days/week vs secondary: 2.97 ± 2.52 days/week). There was also a significantly higher mean frequency of primary school children brought plain water to school than the secondary school children. In conclusion, urgent actions to address improper dietary practices and meal patterns of overweight and obese school children in Malaysia are warranted.

这项研究旨在确定基线时马来西亚超重和肥胖学童的饮食习惯和进餐方式。这项研究是一项基于学校的肥胖症干预研究“我的身体在学校健康又好运”（MyBFF @ school）的一部分。它涉及了来自马来西亚中部半岛1196所小学中随机选择的23所和416所中学中的15所的1045小学和1041中学超重和肥胖中小学生。结果表明，小学生（54.7％）的谷物和谷物的适当摄入量（每天4-8份）明显高于中学生（48.2％）。大约28.2％的小学生和32.6％的中学生食用了足够的水果（每天2份），而小学（5.0％）和中学（3.％）的百分比非常低。6％）的学龄儿童食用了足够的蔬菜（每天3份）。至于进餐方式，小学和中学的儿童都没有规律地吃早餐（小学的平均数±标准差：3.16±2.61天/周，中学的：2.97±2.52天/周）。与中学生相比，小学生上水的平均频率也明显更高。总之，有必要采取紧急行动来解决马来西亚超重和肥胖学童的不正确饮食习惯和进餐方式。与中学生相比，小学生上水的平均频率也明显更高。总之，有必要采取紧急行动来解决马来西亚超重和肥胖学童的不正确饮食习惯和进餐方式。与中学生相比，小学生上水的平均频率也明显更高。总之，有必要采取紧急行动来解决马来西亚超重和肥胖学童的不正确饮食习惯和进餐方式。