PROFILE
UPM's Staff Profile
PROF. MADYA DR. GAN WAN YING
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES
wanying@upm.edu.my
PROFESSIONAL
NAME :
(Prof. Madya Dr.) GAN WAN YING
POST :
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
ENTITY :
FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES
FIELD OF SUPERVISION
COMMUNITY NUTRITION / EPIDEMIOLOGY AND BIOSTATISTICS / HEALTH PROMOTION / PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLICATION
2025
Psychometric Evaluation of the Malay Version of Weight Stigma Exposure Inventory (WeSEI) Among Malaysian Young Adults
2025
Association between Mental Distress and Weight-Related Self-Stigma via Problematic Social Media and Smartphone Use among Malaysian University Students: An Application of the Interaction of Person-Affect-Cognition- Execution (I-PACE) Model
2025
Factors Associated with Dietary Diversity Among Preschool Children Aged Two to Six From Low-income Households in Seremban, Malaysia
2025
Psychometric Properties for the Malay Version of the Assessment of Criteria for Specific Internet-use Disorders among Young Adults in Malaysia
2025
Using Moderated Mediation Modelling and the Interaction of Person-Affect-Cognition-Execution Model to Explore Relationships between Psychological Distress, Specific Addictive Behaviors, and Quality of Life across Taiwan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Chin
2025
Linear Programming Optimization of Local Food-Based Recommendations for Undernourished Urban Poor Malaysian Children Aged 2 to 5 Years
2025
The use of linear programming approach in diet optimization among children under five: a scoping review
2025
The mediating effect of nomophobia in the relationship between problematic social media use/problematic smartphone use and psychological distress among university students
2024
Knowledge and practices in preventing nutritional anaemia of the urban poor adolescents in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2024
Smartphone Application-Based Addiction Scale: Psychometric Evidence Across Nine Asian Regions Using Advanced Analytic Methods
2024
Problematic Gaming in Malaysian University Students: Translation and Psychometric Evaluation of the Malay Language Versions of Gaming Disorder Test and Gaming Disorder Scale for Young Adults
2023
Seasonal variation in food security, lifestyle, nutritional status and its associated factors of the urban poor adolescents in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: research protocol of a prospective cohort study
2023
Problematic Use of Internet Among Indonesia University Students: Psychometric Evaluation of Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale and Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-Short Form
2023
Seasonality, food security, diet quality and nutritional status in urban poor adolescents in Malaysia
2023
Functional Food Consumption and Its Associated Factors among University Students in Malaysia during COVID-19 Pandemic
2023
Factors Associated With Anemia Among Orang Asli Children Aged Two to Six Years in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
2023
Food security and diet quality among urban poor adolescents in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2022
Weight Stigma among Young Adults in Thailand: Reliability, Validation, and Measurement Invariance of the Thai-Translated Weight Self Stigma Questionnaire and Perceived Weight Stigma Scale
2022
Problematic Internet use (PIU) in youth: a brief literature review of selected topics
2022
Sequentially mediated effects of weight-related self-stigma and psychological distress in the association between perceived weight stigma and food addiction among Taiwanese university students: A cross-sectional study
2022
The Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 and the modified Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 in Taiwan: Factor structure and concurrent validity
2022
A nutrition programme using positive deviance approach to reduce undernutrition among urban poor children under-five in Malaysia: A cluster randomised controlled trial protocol
2022
MYBIOTA: A birth cohort on maternal and infant microbiota and its impact on infant health in Malaysia
2022
Parental Feeding Practices and Child-Related Factors are Associated with Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
2022
Associations of Problematic Internet Use, Weight-Related Self-Stigma, and Nomophobia with Physical Activity: Findings from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Malaysia
2022
Evaluation of two weight stigma scales in Malaysian university students: Weight Self-stigma Questionnaire and Perceived Weight Stigma Scale
2022
Internet-Related Instruments (Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale, Smartphone Application-Based Addiction Scale, Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-Short Form, and Nomophobia Questionnaire) and Their Associations with Distress among Malaysian University
2022
Knowledge, attitude and perception on climate change and dietary choices in a predominantly Chinese university students population in Klang Valley
2021
Body weight status and dietary intake of Malaysian children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
2020
Factors associated with cognitive and motor delays in Malaysian infants aged 6–12 months
2020
Exploration of Food-Seeking Behaviour, Food Preparation, and Restrictions to Sufficient Food among the Jahai Sub-Tribe (Indigenous People) in Gerik, Malaysia
2020
Sociodemographic and psychological factors as predictors of body mass index-for-age (BAZ) among adolescents in Sibu, Malaysia
2020
Comparisons of body mass index, waist circumference, waist-to-height ratio and a body shape index (ABSI) in predicting high blood pressure among Malaysian adolescents: a cross-sectional study
2020
Associations of nutritional status, sugar and second-hand smoke exposure with dental caries among 3- to 6-year old Malaysian pre-schoolers: a cross-sectional study
2020
Factors associated with autism severity among Malaysian children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
2019
Factors associated with anemia among female adult vegetarians in Malaysia
2019
Sociodemographic, nutritional, and environmental factors are associated with cognitive performance among Orang Asli children in Malaysia
2019
Unhealthy Lifestyle Associated with Higher Intake of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages among Malaysian School-Aged Adolescents
2019
Determination of Risk Factors for Night Eating Syndrome among Public University Students in Malaysia
2018
Factors associated with stunting among Orang Asli preschool children in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
2018
Comparing the nutritional status of vegetarians and non-vegetarians from a Buddhist Organisation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2018
Factors associated with binge eating behavior among Malaysian adolescents
2018
Obesity and unhealthy lifestyle associated with poor executive function among Malaysian adolescents
2018
Metabolic syndrome and its associated factors in patients with severe mental illness in Malaysia
2017
Epidemiology, clinical characteristics, laboratory findings and severity of respiratory syncytial virus acute lower respiratory infection in Malaysian children, 2008-2013
2017
Nutritional Status between Malaysian Chinese Vegetarians and NonVegetarians: A Comparative Study
2017
Mycoplasma hominis, Ureaplasma urealyticum and Chlamydia trachomatis respiratory colonisation in Malaysian preterm infants
2017
Associations between body weight status, psychological well-being and disordered eating with intuitive eating among Malaysian undergraduate university students
2016
Body appreciation and disordered eating predict intuitive eating among Malaysian undergraduate university students
2015
Epidemiology of adenovirus respiratory infections among hospitalized children in Seremban, Malaysia
2015
Prevalence of primary dysmenorrhea and factors associated with its intensity among undergraduate students: A cross-sectional study