pensyarah universiti
pusat kajian kesihatan komuniti (reach)
pbkoon@ukm.edu.my
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
john j. reilly, rachel andrew, chalchisa abdeta, liane b. azevedo, nicolas aguilar farias, sharon barak, farid bardid, bruno bizzozero-peroni, javier brazo-sayavera, jonathan y. cagas, mohamed-souhaiel chelly, lars b. christiansen, visnja d. djordjic, catherine e. draper, asmaa el-hamdouchi, elie-jacques fares, aleš gába, kylie d. hesketh, mohammad sorowar hossain, wendy huang, alejandra jáuregui, sanjay k. juvekar, nicholas kuzik, richard larouche, eun-young lee, sharon levi, yang liu, marie löf, tom loney, jose francisco lopez gil, evelin mäestu, taru manyanga, clarice martins, maria mendoza-muñoz, shawnda a. morrison, nyaradzai munambah, tawonga w. mwase-vuma, rowena naidoo, reginald ocansey, anthony d. okely, aoko oluwayomi, susan paudel, bee koon poh, evelyn h. ribeiro, diego augusto santos silva, mohd razif shahril, melody smith, amanda e. staiano, martyn standage, narayan subedi, chiaki tanaka, hong k. tang, david thivel, mark s. tremblay, edin uzicanin, dimitris vlachopoulos, e. kipling webster, dyah anantalia widyastari, pawel zembura, salome aubert. (2025). improving national and international surveillance of movement behaviours in childhood and adolescence: an international modified delphi study. - sports medicine. 203 - 219.
jyh eiin wong, javier palarea-albaladejo, shoo thien lee, denise koh, ilse khouw, bee koon poh. (2025). association between 24-hour movement behaviours and adiposity in malaysian schoolchildren: a compositional isotemporal substitution analysis. - journal of physical activity and health. 100 - 111.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
jean t. cox, catherine s. sullivan, bee koon poh. (2022). nutrition in pregnancy and lactation. - . 224-292.
lorena drago, martin m. yadrick, bee koon poh. (2022). food-nutrient delivery: planning the diet with cultural competence. - . 157-173.
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. .
poh bee koon, fadzly fuad, hanif miswan. (2024). khasiat makanan unik dan eksotik. - malaysia hari ini. .
chong yi ting, poh bee koon, ruzita abd. talib, koh denise, woo pik xuan, nelson georgia livan, cheah whye lian, lee julia ai cheng, yatiman noor hafizah , essau cecilia a., reeves sue , summerbell carolyn and gibson edward leigh. (2024). kajian rintis penilaian literasi digital: kesediaan guru prasekolah menggunakan platform pembelajaran dalam talian untuk pendidikan pemakanan. - jurnal sains kesihatan malaysia. 71-82.
ruzita bt. abd. talib;poh bee koon. (2022). obesiti kanak-kanak: bertindak sebelum terlambat. - . .
poh bee koon. (2022). obesiti di kalangan kanak-kanak. - impak. 9.
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. .
noor hafizah yatiman, poh bee koon, ruzita abd talib, mohd ismail noor, denise koh, cheah whye lian, julia lee ai cheng, cecilia a. essau, sue reeves, carolyn summerbell, edward leigh gibson. (2025). preschool teachers’ perspectives on implementing the toybox study malaysia (tsm): a qualitative study. - 40th nsm annual scientific conference 2025. .
mohd jamil sameeha, fong siu hiew, mohd sakri anis munirah, bee koon poh . (2024). stocking decisions of food and beverages among wet market retailers in urban poor areas of kuala lumpur: a qualitative study. - 39th nutrition society of malaysia scientific conference 2024. .
yeo gs, teh sc, lee st, wong je, ilse khouw, safii ns, poh bk on behalf of the seanuts ii malaysia study group . (2024). poor adherence to malaysian dietary guidelines among primary schoolchildren in peninsular malaysia. - 39th nutrition society of malaysia scientific conference 2024. .
chin zi rui, nurul farhana rahmat, phang chin yi, wong jyyh eiin, zulaiha muda, poh bee koon. (2024). sleep patterns among paediatric cancer patients receiving treatment at hospital tunku azizah, kuala lumpur. - 39th nutrition society of malaysia scientific conference. .
| 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) | 70.9% (2024-04-01 sehingga 2026-03-31) |
| UNRAVELLING THE ACCEPTANCE AND SATIETY EFFECTS OF THE PACHYRHIZUS EROSUS (SENGKUANG)-BASED HIGH-FIBRE BEVERAGE IN OVERWEIGHT ADULTS | herbal science sdn bhd | 41.6% (2024-11-01 sehingga 2026-10-31) |
| 24-HOUR MOVEMENT BEHAVIOUR AND DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES AMONG YOUNG CHILDREN IN MALAYSIA | university of wollongong | 41.6% (2024-11-01 sehingga 2026-10-31) |
| SEANUTS II MALAYSIA: NUTRITION SURVEY OF MALAYSIA CHILDREN AGED 6 MONTH TO 12 YEARS | frieslandcampina | 95.4% (2018-10-11 sehingga 2025-12-31) |