Obesity In Malaysia 2018 Statistics

Deputy health minister datuk seri dr hilmi yahaya recently said.

Obesity in malaysia 2018 statistics. Tuesday 14 aug 2018 7 01 am myt. Infographic on principal causes of death malaysia 2014. The office of chief statistician malaysia department of statistics malaysia 5 december 2016 contact person. Department of statistics malaysia.

Up to 30 of malaysian children were found to be overweight obese. Trends in obesity and abdominal obesity among malaysian adults 2018. Obesity rates among children in asia pacific are rising at a rapid rate. Malaysia is ranked sixth in the asia pacific region for obesity and tops the list in south east asia for both obesity and diabetes.

According to the world population review 2019 malaysia has the highest prevalence of obesity among adults in south east asia at 15 6 per cent followed by brunei 14 1 per cent thailand 10 0 per cent and indonesia 6 9 per cent. Ho mei kei public relation officer corporate and user services division department of statistics malaysia tel. Malaysia is one of the most overweight countries in southeast asia. The main cause of obesity in children is exogenous obesity which is due to external factors.

A recent study estimates that worldwide gdp losses both from direct and indirect costs of diabetes from 2011 to 2030 will total us 1 7tril comprising us 900bil for high income countries and us 800bil for low and middle. Malaysian journal of public health medicine 2018 vol. Above national average states smoking alcoholism obesity c obesity a chol exercise malaysia 22 2 12 8 7 2 17 7 47 7 66 5. As shown in figure 4 malaysia s total cost for obesity as a percentage of nominal gdp ranks top at a range between 0 4 and 0 8 far ahead of all other countries in asean.

How common is overweight problem in malaysia. The figures are grim in malaysia too. Overweight obesity rate in children and adolescents has increased over the years. 11 18 original article burden of disease attributable to overweight and obesity in malaysia foo lee peng hanny zurina hamzah norashidah mohamed nor and rusmawati said.

Malaysia national average.