pensyarah universiti
pusat kajian kesihatan komuniti (reach)
pbkoon@ukm.edu.my
Kluster Kepakaran/ Cluster of Expertise :
Kesihatan dan Perubatan Termaju,
Biografi/ Biography :
Poh Bee Koon adalah Profesor Pemakanan di Fakulti Sains Kesihatan, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Beliau mempunyai lebih 20 tahun pengalaman penyelidikan yang melibatkan projek pelbagai disiplin dan pelbagai negara. Bidang penyelidikan beliau tertumpu kepada pemakanan kanak-kanak dan remaja, dengan projek merangkumi tinjauan, pemerhatian dan kajian intervensi.
Prof Poh telah mengetuai pelbagai geran antarabangsa, termasuk yang dibiayai oleh United Kingdom Medical Research Council, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), International Development Research Centre (IDRC Canada), International Glutamate Technical Committee, serta daripada pihak industri.
Beliau merupakan Ketua Projek South East Asian Nutrition Surveys (SEANUTS), satu tinjauan kebangsaan mengenai status pemakanan kanak-kanak; ToyBox Study Malaysia, satu intervensi yang bertujuan mengurangkan kadar obesiti melalui pemakanan sihat dan aktiviti fizikal dalam kalangan kanak-kanak prasekolah; dan South East Asia Obesogenic Food Environment (SEAOFE) study, yang bertujuan menilai persekitaran runcit makanan sebagai panduan untuk dasar pemakanan sihat. Beliau juga terlibat dalam kajian menggunakan kaedah isotop stabil untuk menilai komposisi badan dan penggunaan tenaga dalam kalangan individu sihat serta pesakit kanser pediatrik.
Prof Poh telah terlibat dalam kerja perundingan untuk Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia dan merupakan ahli Task Force Obesiti di bawah Akademi Sains Malaysia yang membuat kajian "Pilihan Dasar Makanan untuk Mengurangkan Obesiti di Malaysia". Beliau telah menerima pelbagai anugerah, termasuk International Nutrition Foundation–Ellison Medical Foundation Short-term Fellowship, dan IAEA Nobel Peace Prize Fund Schools in Nutrition Fellowship.
Prof Poh merupakan Ketua Editor Malaysian Journal of Nutrition. Beliau juga dilantik sebagai Felo Akademi Sains Malaysia, Persatuan Pemakanan Malaysia, dan Persatuan Kajian Obesiti Malaysia.
Poh Bee Koon is Professor of Nutrition at Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. She has more than 20 years of research experience that involves multi-disciplinary and multi-country projects. Her research areas focus on childhood and adolescent nutrition, and her projects covers surveys, observation and intervention studies.
Prof Poh has led many international grants, including those funded by United Kingdom Medical Research Council, United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), International Development Research Centre (IDRC Canada), International Glutamate Technical Committee, as well as those from the industry.
She is Principal Investigator of South East Asian Nutrition Surveys (SEANUTS), a nationally-representative survey on nutritional status of children; ToyBox Study Malaysia, intervention aimed at reducing obesity rates through improving preschoolers’ healthy eating and physical activity; and South East Asia Obesogenic Food Environment (SEAOFE) study, which aims to assess food retail environment for healthy dietary policy guidance. She has been involved in stable isotope work to assess body composition and energy expenditure among healthy individuals as well as in paediatric cancer patients.
Prof Poh has participated in consultation work for Ministry of Health Malaysia and was involved in Academy of Sciences Malaysia’s Obesity Task Force to study "Prioritizing Food Policy Options to Reduce Obesity in Malaysia". She has won numerous awards, including International Nutrition Foundation–Ellison Medical Foundation Short-term Fellowship and IAEA Nobel Peace Prize Fund Schools in Nutrition fellowship.
Prof Poh is the Editor-in-Chief for Malaysian Journal of Nutrition. She is a Fellow member of Academy of Sciences Malaysia, Nutrition Society of Malaysia, and Malaysian Association for the Study of Obesity.
ika aida aprilini makbul, razinah sharif, see meng lim, nor muhammad hilmi hussin, rahma micho widyanto, bee koon poh and mediani ahmed. (2026). metabolomics in malnourished children: a scoping review of emerging metabolites. - proceedings of singapore healthcare. 1 - 10.
bee pek law, see meng lim, hasnah haron, bee koon poh. (2025). cultural adaptation and validation of leeds food preference questionnaire (lfpq) for malaysian adults: a study protocol. - international postgraduate colloquium in health and pharmacy (inchap) 2025 . .
bee pek law, see meng lim, hasnah haron, bee koon poh. (2025). association between sweet taste sensitivity, sugar-sweetened beverages consumption and nutritional status among adults in klang valley: a study protocol. - maso scientific conference on obesity 2025. .
pei teng lum, jasmine siew min chia, giin shang yeo, see meng lim, mohd jamil sameeha, jyh eiin wong, nik shanita safii, ilse khouw, bee koon poh, on behalf of the seanuts ii malaysia study group. (2025). socioeconomic disparities and its association with food security, diet quality, and growth among malaysian children aged 6 months to 12.9 years. - frontiers in public health. 1 - 13.
jamia azdina jamal, poh bee koon, salasiah hanin hamjah, muhammad rahimi yusop, aida hanim a. hamid, nurul nadziffah kamaruzaman & nor eloni nor azmi. (2025). masa hadapan penyelidikan perubatan untuk kesihatan sejagat. - . 115 - 134.
wendy y. huang, danqing zhang, mark s. tremblay, martin c. s. wong, cindy h. p. sit, sam w. s. wong, derwin k. c. chan, stephen h. s. wong, and the collaborative author group. (2025). developing international consensus on key indicators for a 24-hour movement behaviour report card in early childhood: a twin-panel delphi study. - sports medicine - open. 1 - 12.
s.m. lim, y.l. ng, m. kagawa, j.e. wong, m. shinde, f. tochinai and b.k. poh. (2025). cross-cultural comparison of the acceptance of insects as food among young adults in malaysia and japan. - journal of insects as food and feed. 21 - 34.
ika aida aprilini makbul, giin shang yeo, razinah sharif, see meng lim, ahmed mediani , jan geurts , bee koon poh , and on behalf of the seanuts ii malaysia study group. (2025). determinants of stunting among children aged 0.5 to 12 years in peninsular malaysia: findings from the seanuts ii study. - nutrients. 1 - 14.
syaza kamarudin, bee koon poh, hanis mastura yahya, norazmir md nor, raduan sharif, ruzita abd talib. (2025). food label literacy among malaysian school adolescents: a prevalence study. - plos one. 1 - 14.
lara-castor l, o’hearn m, cudhea f, miller v, shi p, zhang j, sharib jr, cash sb, barquera s, micha r, mozaffarian d, on behalf of the global dietary database, khun-aik chuah, zaleha abdullah mahdy, khadijah shamsuddin, bee koon poh* (*group author). (2025). burdens of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease attributable to sugar-sweetened beverages in 184 countries. - nature medicine. 552 - 564.
jan geurts, cécile singh-povel, shoo thien lee, rini sekartini, bee koon poh, nipa rojroongwasinkul , nga thuy tran, aria kekalih , jyh eiin wong , nawarat vongvimetee, van khanh tran and ilse khouw on behalf of the seanuts ii study group. (2024). the impact of the covid-19 pandemic in malaysia, indonesia, thailand and vietnam: insights from the seanuts ii study. - public health nutrition. 1 - 19.
nurul hasanah hasmuni chew, nur zakiah mohd saat, jyh eiin wong, shoo thien lee, cécile m. singh-povel, ilse khouw, bee koon poh, on behalf of the seanuts ii malaysia study group. (2024). a cross-sectional study on the dietary patterns of multiethnic malaysian preschoolers and their sociodemographic determinants. - nutrition bulletin. 294 - 313.
lim, s. m., goh, y. x., wong, j. e., kagawa, m., & poh, b. k.. (2024). cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the malay-translated version of the food neophobia scale for malaysian young adults. - perceptual and motor skills. 381-396.
bee koon poh, jyh eiin wong, shoo thien lee, jasmine chia, giin shang yeo, razinah sharif, ns safii, nor aini jamil, caryn chan, nor mf farah, mj sameeha, denise koh, nz mohd saat, see meng lim, ak norimah, at ruzita, sb budin, lh wee, sf tang, i khouw. (2024). triple burden of malnutrition among malaysian children aged 6 months to 12 years: current findings from seanuts ii malaysia. - public health nutrition. 1 - 16.
tan sy, poh bk, sekartini r, rojroongwasinkul n, tran tn, wong je, chandra dv, pongcharoen t, tran kv, actis-goretta l, vonk mm, ng sa, parikh p, khouw i on behalf of seanuts ii study group. (2024). south east asian nutrition surveys (seanuts) ii - a multi-country evaluation of nutrition and lifestyle indicators in children aged 12 years and below: rationale and design. - public health nutrition. 1 - 12.
ika aida aprilini makbul, razinah sharif, see meng lim, nor muhammad hilmi hussin, rahma micho widyanto, bee koon poh and mediani ahmed. (2026). metabolomics in malnourished children: a scoping review of emerging metabolites. - proceedings of singapore healthcare. 1 - 10.
ika aida aprilini makbul, giin shang yeo, razinah sharif, see meng lim, ahmed mediani , jan geurts , bee koon poh , and on behalf of the seanuts ii malaysia study group. (2025). determinants of stunting among children aged 0.5 to 12 years in peninsular malaysia: findings from the seanuts ii study. - nutrients. 1 - 14.
syaza kamarudin, bee koon poh, hanis mastura yahya, norazmir md nor, raduan sharif, ruzita abd talib. (2025). food label literacy among malaysian school adolescents: a prevalence study. - plos one. 1 - 14.
pei teng lum, jasmine siew min chia, giin shang yeo, see meng lim, mohd jamil sameeha, jyh eiin wong, nik shanita safii, ilse khouw, bee koon poh, on behalf of the seanuts ii malaysia study group. (2025). socioeconomic disparities and its association with food security, diet quality, and growth among malaysian children aged 6 months to 12.9 years. - frontiers in public health. 1 - 13.
shu chin teh, yeow nyin ang, giin shang yeo, shoo thien lee, kar hau chong, bee suan wee, bee koon poh. (2025). association between dietary intake and physical activity with sleep habits among school-aged children in kuala lumpur, malaysia. - discover public health. 1 - 11.
lim sy, noor hafizah y, wong je, hasnah h and poh bk. (2017). study on the effect of glutamate on satiety and perceived hunger among primary school children in malaysia. - 1st southeast asia public health nutrition conference. 128.
wong je, ainaa fatehah a, poh bk. (2017). estimating portion sizes from digital food images : accuracy of estimation by nutrition professionals. - malaysian journal of nutrition. 51.
jamia azdina jamal, poh bee koon, salasiah hanin hamjah, muhammad rahimi yusop, aida hanim a. hamid, nurul nadziffah kamaruzaman & nor eloni nor azmi. (2025). masa hadapan penyelidikan perubatan untuk kesihatan sejagat. - . 115 - 134.
jamia azdina jamal, poh bee koon, salasiah hanin hamjah. (2025). dari makmal ke masyarakat dalam transformasi kesihatan. - . 13 - 21.
poh bee koon, lim see meng, atif amin baig, caryn chan mei hsien, cheah yong kang, christine joan, elise line mognard, karen christelle, koo hui chin, law leh shii, serene tung en hui, sharifah intan zainun sharif ishak, siti raihanah shafie, teh shu chin, vivien yew wong chin, wan azdie mohd abu bakar, wilfred mok kok hoe, yong heng yaw, mohd ismail noor.. (2024). etiology of obesity. - . 13 - 70.
nicole larson, tashara m. leak, jamie s. stang, bee koon poh. (2022). nutrition in adolescence. - . 326-345.
beth ogata, sharon a. feucht, bee koon poh. (2022). nutrition in childhood. - . 307-325.
poh bee koon. (2025). dua gelas susu sehari bantu tangani masalah kekurangan nutrien / two glasses of milk a day can help address nutrient deficiencies among malaysians. - bernama. .
jamia azdina jamal, poh bee koon, salasiah hanin hamjah. (2025). inovasi perubatan dari penemuan ke amalan kesihatan. - . .
jamia azdina jamal, wan zawiah wan zin, nor eloni nor azmi, zulkefly abdul karim, muhammad rizal razman, salasiah hanin hamjah, norbahiah misran, poh bee koon, mohd syukri ismail, mohd nur hakim azmi, izziati mas adaveena abdul ghani, nurul nadziffah kamaruzaman, siti aisyah zakaria . (2025). nadi translasi@idea-ukm. - nadi translasi@idea-ukm. .
jamia azdina jamal, wan zawiah wan zin, nor eloni nor azmi, nurul nadziffah kamaruzaman. (2025). garis panduan geran penyelidikan translasi ukm (tr-ukm). - . .
jamia azdina jamal, poh bee koon, salasiah hanin hamjah, muhammad rahimi yusop, aida hanim a. hamid, nurul nadziffah kamaruzaman & nor eloni nor azmi. (2025). masa hadapan penyelidikan perubatan untuk kesihatan sejagat. - . 115 - 134.
bee pek law, see meng lim, hasnah haron, bee koon poh. (2025). cultural adaptation and validation of leeds food preference questionnaire (lfpq) for malaysian adults: a study protocol. - international postgraduate colloquium in health and pharmacy (inchap) 2025 . .
jamia azdina jamal, wan zawiah wan zin, nor eloni nor azmi, nurul nadziffah kamaruzaman. (2025). garis panduan geran penyelidikan translasi ukm (tr-ukm). - . .
bee pek law, see meng lim, hasnah haron, bee koon poh. (2025). association between sweet taste sensitivity, sugar-sweetened beverages consumption and nutritional status among adults in klang valley: a study protocol. - maso scientific conference on obesity 2025. .
farah islah mohamd tarmizi, adli ali, faizah mohd zaki, abdul muhaimin ahmad, bilkis abd aziz, nor azlin mohamed ismail, siti balkis budin, haslina abdul hamid, poh bee koon, afifah mohamed. (2025). early cardiovascular associations of growth metrics in malaysian children: insights from the handukm. - international postgraduate colloqium in health sciences and pharmacy. .
farah islah mohamd tarmizi, adli ali, faizah mohd zaki, abdul muhaimin ahmad, bilkis abd aziz, nor azlin mohamed ismail, siti balkis budin, haslina abdul hamid, poh bee koon, afifah mohamed. (2025). early cardiovascular associations of growth metrics in malaysian children: insights from the hand ukm. - 2nd international cardiovascular & metabolic health conference. cardio-cerebrovascular health & metabolism:from bench to bedside. 48 - 48.
| Geran / Grant | Kolaborator / Collaborator | Status |
|---|---|---|
| ASSESSING PROTEIN QUALITY OF SUSTAINABLE FOOD SOURCES SUCH AS TEMPE FOR IMPROVING MATERNAL NUTRITION BY USING STABLE ISOTOPE TECHNIQUES | international atomic energy agency (iaea) | 93.4% (2024-04-01 sehingga 2026-03-31) |
| SARCOPENIA AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS AMONG MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN IN MALAYSIA | abbott manufacturing singapore pte. ltd | 30.9% (2025-07-01 sehingga 2027-06-30) |
| SARCOPENIA AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS AMONG MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN IN MALAYSIA | abbott manufacturing singapore pte. ltd | 30.9% (2025-07-01 sehingga 2027-06-30) |
| SEANUTS II MALAYSIA: NUTRITION SURVEY OF MALAYSIA CHILDREN AGED 6 MONTH TO 12 YEARS | frieslandcampina | 79.6% (2018-10-11 sehingga 2027-12-31) |
| UNRAVELLING THE ACCEPTANCE AND SATIETY EFFECTS OF THE PACHYRHIZUS EROSUS (SENGKUANG)-BASED HIGH-FIBRE BEVERAGE IN OVERWEIGHT ADULTS | herbal science sdn bhd | 64.1% (2024-11-01 sehingga 2026-10-31) |
ASSOCIATE HEALTH SCIENCE :CLINICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
Nutrition and Physical Activity
Pengalaman / Experience : tahun/years(s)
HEALTH SCIENCES :CLINICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
Childhood and Adolescent Nutrition
Pengalaman / Experience : 23 tahun/years(s)