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Dr Lim Sook Yee

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Academic Qualifications

PhD Community Nutrition
MSc Clinical Nutrition
BSc Food Science

Research

Current Research Project

  1. Psychometric properties of Salt@home and Salt@shopping approaches for investigating dietary salt consumption and sources in the diets of urban-poor Malaysian population
  2. Development of E-Learning Module to promote healthy-school food environment among adolescents in secondary school (SHINe-module) (School: Healthy & Improved Nutritional Environment e-module)
  3. The Nutri-DIY-trolley (Nutritious Dietary Inventory grocerY trolley) app for healthy food purchase

Publications

  1. Seow, W.-L.; Md Ariffin, U.K.; Lim, S.Y.; Mohamed, N.A.; Lee, K.W.; Devaraj, N.K.; Amin-Nordin, S. A (2022) Systematic Review on the Usability of Web-Based Applications in Advocating Consumers on Food Safety. Foods, 11(1), 115.
  2. Lim, S.Y., Harun, U. B., Gobil, A. R., Mustafa, N. A., Zahid, N. A., Amin-Nordin, S., ... & Shohaimi, S. (2021). Measuring customer satisfaction on the cleanliness of food premises using fuzzy conjoint analysis: A pilot test. Plos one, 16(9), e0256896.
  3. Lim, S.Y., Lee, K. W., Seow, W. L., Mohamed, N. A., Devaraj, N. K., & Amin-Nordin, S. (2021). Effectiveness of Integrated Technology Apps for Supporting Healthy Food Purchasing and Consumption: A Systematic Review. Foods, 10(8), 1861.
  4. Lim, S.Y., Chan, Y. M., Ramachandran, V., Shariff, Z. M., Chin, Y. S., & Arumugam, M. (2021). Dietary Acid Load and Its Interaction with IGF1 (rs35767 and rs7136446) and IL6 (rs1800796) Polymorphisms on Metabolic Traits among Postmenopausal Women. Nutrients, 13(7), 2161.
  5. Foong, H. F., Lim, S. Y., Koris, R., & Haron, S. A. (2021). Time-Use and Mental Health in Older Adults: A Scoping Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(9), 4459.
  6. Lim, S.Y., Chan, Y. M., Ramachandran, V., Shariff, Z. M., Chin, Y. S., & Arumugam, M. (2021). No Interaction Effect between Interleukin-6 Polymorphisms and Acid Ash Diet with Bone Resorption Marker in Postmenopausal Women. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(2), 827.
  7. Lee, K. W., Ching, S. M., Devaraj, N. K., Chong, S. C., Lim, S. Y., Loh, H. C., & Abdul Hamid, H. (2020). Diabetes in pregnancy and risk of antepartum depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(11), 3767.
  8. Lim, S. Y., Chan, Y. M., Vasudevan, R., Zalilah, M. S., & Chin, Y. S. (2020). Interaction between dietary acid load and IL6-572 G/C polymorphism on blood pressure among postmenopausal women in Malaysia. Current Developments in Nutrition, 4(Supplement_2), 1264-1264.
  9. Lim, S. Y., Zalilah, M. S., Chin, Y. S., Ramachandran, V., & Chan, Y. M. (2018). Dietary acid load, IGF-1 single nucleotide polymorphism and bone resorption among postmenopausal Chinese women. Nutrients, 10(7). doi:10.3390/nu10070915

Conference

  1. Associations between IL6 genetic polymorphism, socioeconomic status and lifestyle factors with risk of hypertension among community-dwelling postmenopausal women in Malaysia. Oral presentation at 4th International Conference on Food and Nutrition, Singapore. 24-25 September 2021.
  2. Interaction Between Dietary Acid Load and IL6-572 G/C Polymorphism on Blood Pressure Among Postmenopausal Women in Malaysia. Eposter presentation at Nutrition 2020 live online. Virtual conference, USA. 1-4th June 2020.
  3. Association between dietary acid load and IL-6 -572G/C polymorphism on bone resorption marker among postmenopausal Chinese women in Malaysia. Oral presented at 14th China Nutrition Science Congress and the 11th Asia Pacific Conference on Clinical Nutrition (APCCN 2019). International Expo Center, Nanjing, China. 19–22 September 2019.
  4. Interaction between dietary acid load and IL6 polymorphism on metabolic traits among postmenopausal Chinese women in Malaysia. Oral presented at 2nd Asia Pacific CardioMetabolic Syndrome Congress (APCMS 2019). Grand Hilton Hotel, Seoul, Korea. 22–23 February 2019.
  5. Associations between IGF1 genetic polymorphism and lifestyle factors with blood pressure among postmenopausal women in Malaysia. Oral presented at 49th Scientific Meeting of the Korea Society of Hypertension (KSH). Conrad Hotel, Seoul, Korea. 9-10 November 2018.
  6. Dietary acid load and risk of type 2 diabetes among Malaysian postmenopausal Chinese women. Invited speaker at 33rd NSM Scientific Conference “Investing in Nutrition: Act Now!” Hotel Istana, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 24-26 July 2018.

Award and Recognition

  1. Best Abstract Award. 5th Asia Pacific CardioMetabolic Syndrome (APCMS) Congress. 2022
  2. Oral Presentation 1st Prize. 4th International Conference on Food and Nutrition, Singapore. 2021
  3. Young Investigator Award. 14th China Nutrition Science Congress and the 11th Asia Pacific Conference on Clinical Nutrition (APCCN). 2019
  4. Young Investigator Award. 14th China Nutrition Science Congress and the 11th Asia Pacific Conference on Clinical Nutrition (APCCN). 2019