Obesity In Malaysia Article 2018
Malaysian lifestyle leads to obesity.
Obesity in malaysia article 2018. However in developing countries like malaysia childhood obesity is prevalent among both the rich and poor families. 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 is one of the most overweight countries in southeast asia. This article aims to present the associations between body mass index based body.
Malaysia is ranked sixth in the asia pacific region for obesity and tops the list in south east asia for both obesity and diabetes. Deputy health minister datuk seri dr hilmi yahaya recently said. Malaysia is recorded as the highest number of obese rates in the south east asia with prevalence of obesity was at 13 3 per cent while overweight was at 38 5 per cent farezza hanum rashid 2017. The prevalence of overweight and obesity among adolescents is rising rapidly in many countries including malaysia.
To conclude this is not an article to blame the malaysian lifestyle or the culture for infusing bad fitness habits in us. The poor families may not have enough money hence consume the less nutritious but high calorie foods which are usually cheaper while the rich families can afford to buy food sometimes make the unwise decision of buying the wrong kinds of food high calories. The total direct and indirect costs of obesity of malaysia are the highest in asean accounting for 10 19 of national healthcare spending. Obesity rates among children in asia pacific are rising at a rapid rate.
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. Tuesday 14 aug 2018 7 01 am myt. Malaysian journal of public health medicine 2018 vol.