Wan Ying Gan

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Wan Ying Gan is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Nutrition and Dietetics and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wan Ying Gan has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 22 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 21 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Wan Ying Gan's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (29 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (20 papers) and Eating Disorders and Behaviors (19 papers). Wan Ying Gan is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (29 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (20 papers) and Eating Disorders and Behaviors (19 papers). Wan Ying Gan collaborates with scholars based in Malaysia, Taiwan and United Kingdom. Wan Ying Gan's co-authors include Zalilah Mohd Shariff, Mohd Nasir Mohd Taib, Yit Siew Chin, Serene En Hui Tung, Chung‐Ying Lin, Hazizi Abu Saad, Sayyed Morteza Safavi, Mary Huang, Zulida Rejali and Poh Ying Lim and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Wan Ying Gan

75 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Problematic Internet use (PIU) in youth: a brief literature review of selected topics

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Akilah Dulin United States

Sarah J. Woodruff Canada

Nancy Nicosia United States

Natalie A. Williams United States

Walker S. C. Poston United States

Paul Branscum United States

Jinan Banna United States

Haleama Al Sabbah United Arab Emirates

Frøydis Nordgård Vik Norway

Allison W. Watts Canada

Akilah Dulin United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wan Ying Gan

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Gan, Wan Ying, Wen‐Li Hou, Serene En Hui Tung, et al.. (2025). Relationship between body mass index and quality of life among Malaysian young adults: Sequential mediated effects of perceived weight stigma and weight-related self-stigma. Journal of Health Psychology. 31(4). 1454–1468. 1 indexed citations

Gan, Wan Ying, Wei‐Shan Chin, Shih-Wei Huang, et al.. (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. International Journal of Mental Health Promotion. 27(3). 319–331. 4 indexed citations

Gan, Wan Ying, et al.. (2025). Weight stigma exposure inventory (WeSEI): Adaptation to Turkish culture, validity and reliability study. Monash University Research Portal (Monash University). 2(1). 24–34. 5 indexed citations

Tang, Yan, et al.. (2025). The efficacy of PRECEDE-PROCEED model-based interventions on HbA1c and self-management in type 2 diabetes patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Public Health. 25(1). 1980–1980.

Chen, I‐Hua, Iqbal Pramukti, Wan Ying Gan, et al.. (2024). Smartphone Application‐Based Addiction Scale: Psychometric Evidence Across Nine Asian Regions Using Advanced Analytic Methods. Brain and Behavior. 14(11). e70133–e70133.

Tung, Serene En Hui, et al.. (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. BMC Nutrition. 9(1). 24–24. 4 indexed citations

Tung, Serene En Hui, et al.. (2023). Functional Food Consumption and Its Associated Factors among University Students in Malaysia during COVID-19 Pandemic. Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences. 30(6). 133–146. 1 indexed citations

Kaur, Satvinder, et al.. (2023). Food security and diet quality among urban poor adolescents in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Nutrition Research and Practice. 17(2). 269–269. 4 indexed citations

Tung, Serene En Hui, et al.. (2023). Seasonality, food security, diet quality and nutritional status in urban poor adolescents in Malaysia. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 15067–15067. 2 indexed citations

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Pramukti, Iqbal, Ira Nurmala, Siti Rahayu Nadhiroh, et al.. (2023). Problematic Use of Internet Among Indonesia University Students: Psychometric Evaluation of Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale and Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-Short Form. Psychiatry Investigation. 20(12). 1103–1111. 13 indexed citations

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Tung, Serene En Hui, Wan Ying Gan, Jung‐Sheng Chen, et al.. (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 Students. Healthcare. 10(8). 1448–1448. 52 indexed citations

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Huang, Po‐Ching, Chiu‐Hsiang Lee, Mark D. Griffiths, et al.. (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. Journal of Eating Disorders. 10(1). 177–177. 17 indexed citations

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Gan, Wan Ying, Tiemin Jiang, Su Peng Loh, et al.. (2022). MYBIOTA: A birth cohort on maternal and infant microbiota and its impact on infant health in Malaysia. Frontiers in Nutrition. 9. 994607–994607. 2 indexed citations

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Shukri, Nurul Husna Mohd, et al.. (2021). COVID-19 Restrictions and Maternal Experience and Infant Feeding. Nursing Research. 71(2). E10–E20. 4 indexed citations

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Appukutty, Mahenderan, et al.. (2020). Physical activity levels of Malaysian vegetarians and its associated factors: a cross-sectional study. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences. 16(106). 1 indexed citations

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Appannah, Geeta, et al.. (2020). Evaluation of dietary quality using Malaysian healthy eating index and its relationships with cardiometabolic risk factors in Malaysian adolescents. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences. 16(106). 5 indexed citations

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Gan, Wan Ying, et al.. (2020). The effects of socio-demographic characteristics, nutritional status, physical activity and physical function on cognitive function of community-dwelling older adults in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences. 16(106). 2 indexed citations

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Gan, Wan Ying, et al.. (2020). Factors associated with autism severity among Malaysian children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 100. 103632–103632. 14 indexed citations

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Gan, Wan Ying, et al.. (2017). Associations between body weight status, psychological well-being and disordered eating with intuitive eating among Malaysian undergraduate university students. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 32(2). 12 indexed citations

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Gan, Wan Ying, et al.. (2012). Validity and reliability of the Multidimensional Body Image Scale in Malaysian university students.. PubMed. 18(3). 295–306. 2 indexed citations

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