Postgraduate research students

Indonesia faces the double burden of malnutrition. Changes in eating patterns from consumption of traditional fresh foods to ultra-processed foods, such as snacks, are factors contributing to the problem. Parental knowledge, attitudes, and practices and infant's feeding (i.e snackig) behaviours and how they impact infant's nutritional status needs investigation. This programme of research will aim to (1) explore eating and feeding behaviours in children aged 6 months to 5 years, (2) explore parental knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding snacking patterns in Indonesia and determine the extent to which these relate to eating behaviour, satiety and nutritional status (3) develop an intervention using randomised control trial design to address key problem identified during studies 1 and 2. The research will use a mixed methods apporach including cross-sectional studies, focus groups or interview, diet and nutritional assessment, and satiety experiment.

Sufyan, D. L., Soe, L. T., Syah, M. N. H., Wahyuningsih, U., Marjan, A. Q., & Noor, S. L. (2024). Prevalence and Determinants of the Double Burden of Malnutrition at Household Level. Kemas, 19(4), 645–655. https://doi.org/10.15294/kemas.v19i4.47245

Hanifah, L., Nasrulloh, N., & Sufyan, D. L. (2023). Sedentary Behavior and Lack of Physical Activity among Children in Indonesia. Children, 10(8). https://doi.org/10.3390/children10081283

Sharif Ishak, S. I. Z., Chin, Y. S., Tay, C. W., Syah, M. N. H., & Sufyan, D. L. (2023). BMI-for-age z-score and psychological distress associated with disordered eating: A comparative study among Indonesian and Malaysian urban female adolescents. Human Nutrition and Metabolism, 33(May), 200204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hnm.2023.200204

Sufyan, D. L., Syah, M. N. H., & Nurbaya. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak on Women Quality of Life in Indonesia. Kemas, 18(1), 67–73. https://doi.org/10.15294/kemas.v18i1.31523

Sufyan, D. L., Hasan Syah, M. N., & Nurbaya. (2021). Prevalence and Factors Associated to Household Food Insecurity During COVID-19 Outbreak. Jurnal Ilmu Kesehatan Masyarakat, 12(2), 143–153. https://doi.org/10.26553/jikm.2021.12.2.143-153

Sufyan, D., Februhartanty, J., Bardosono, S., Khusun, H., Ermayani, E., Rachman, P. H., & Worsley, A. (2019). Food purchasing behaviour among urban slum women in East Jakarta: A qualitative study. Malaysian Journal of Nutrition, 25.

Other publications:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=C3G5O9QAAAAJ&hl=en

• Dr Ada Garcia
• Dr Alison Parrett

• DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) In Country Scholarship 2015-2016
• Academic Research Grant, SEAMEO RECFON, 2020
• Orange Knowledge Programme Scholarship for Urban Food System Short Course organized by Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands, 2023 
• Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP), Ministry of Education and Culture, 2024-present

Dian is currently a Postgraduate Research student in Human Nutrition Department. She obtained her Master of Nutrition from SEAMEO RECFON, University of Indonesia in 2016 with the funding from DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) and her bachelor degree in  Health and Nutrition Science from Brawijaya University in 2013. 

Currently, she is employed as a lecturer and researcher at Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jakarta (UPNVJ), Indonesia. Extensively involved in research, she also part of the reviewer board member at Reseach Ethics Committee UPNVJ and 2020 SEAMEO RECFON Affiliated Researcher.

Dian Education in Glasgow is fully funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture, under the Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP) regular scheme.