Table 2 Sociodemographic data of panels as part of BIA-Obesity Malaysia process of assessment

Age (years)

 20–39

1

3

 40–59

3

10

 60 or above

3

–

Gender

 Male

2

2

 Female

5

11

Education level

 Degree

2

7

 Master

1

6

 PhD

4

–

Professional Background

 Academia/ professionals

4

–

 Non-government/ non-profit organisation

1

–

 Government stakeholder

2

13

Working Experience (years)

 5–10

–

3

 11–20

4

7

 21–30

1

3

 31 or above

2

–

Expertise^a

 Public affairs management (e.g. corporate, inter-agency collaboration including private sector)

1

2

 Public health nutrition (e.g. nutrition promotion, food marketing, food labelling, food education programme evaluation)

3

7

 National policy development (e.g. national nutrition plan, national food and nutrition policy, food regulations, obesity and/or NCDs prevention)

4

5

 Food regulations and/or food safety auditing

–

3