Obesity Statistics In Malaysia 2017

Malaysia s 2015 low birth weight prevalence of 11 3 has increased slightly from 10 in 2000.

Obesity statistics in malaysia 2017. One of the consequences is that the prevalence of diabetes among adults aged 18 years and above has increased from 11 6 to 17 5 over a period of 9 years from 2006 to 2015. Facts about overweight and obesity. Self reported in other countries. The national health and morbidity survey nhms 2019 findings meanwhile showed that 50 1 per cent of adults in malaysia were either overweight or obese 30 4 per cent were overweight and 19 7 per cent obese.

Measured height and weight in england hungary korea mexico and the united states. Age and gender adjusted rates of overweight including obesity using the 2005 oecd standard population. Department of statistics official portal portal rasmi jabatan perangkaan malaysia. This in itself is a worrying trend but what is more disturbing is that these same adults are also parents to growing children or parents to be.

Malaysia has the highest rate of obesity and overweight among asian countries with 64 of male and 65 of female population being either obese or overweight. 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. Who growth reference for children aged between 5 19 years. The economist intelligence unit 2017.

Malaysia s adult population also face a malnutrition burden. Mycensus 2020 portal portal banci 2020. Obesity also has a direct impact on the country s gdp performance. Overweight and obesity rates designate overweight and obesity prevalence rates.

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. Welcome to the fast link of the department of statistics malaysia official portal selamat datang ke pautan pintas portal rasmi jabatan perangkaan malaysia. Looking at the statistics closely among the child bearing adults aged 30 35 years old 34 2 percent are overweight and another 30 5 percent are obese. Some recent who global estimates follow.

24 9 of women of reproductive age have anaemia and 11 4 of adult men have diabetes compared to 10 7 of women.