Journal:
:journal of fasting and health
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suriani ismail community health department
faculty of medicine & health sciences
universiti putra malaysia
k shamsuddin department of community health, faculty of medicine, university kebangsaan malaysia, malaysia
al khalib department of community health, faculty of medicine, university kebangsaan malaysia, malaysia
as hazizi department of nutrition & dietetics, faculty of medicine and health sciences, university putra malaysia, malaysia
am latifah department of al-quran & sunnah, faculty of islamic studies, university kebangsaan malaysia, malaysia.
mo fadlan department of al-quran & sunnah, faculty of islamic studies, university kebangsaan malaysia, malaysia.
maintaining weight loss after the initial phases of any weight loss intervention is a challenge. rationally, it depends on how well the adherence is to the prescribed treatment. this study is to test the sustainability of an intervention in maintaining weight lost during ramadan by using voluntary fasting. methods: two groups of respondents (muslim women with body mass index (bmi) ≥ 25.0 kg/m2)...