Obesity Rate In Malaysia 2020
The contributing factors leading to obesity problems can be divided into four main factors.
Obesity rate in malaysia 2020. Half of malaysian adults overweight obese. The figures are grim in malaysia too. Brunei records highest child obesity rate in region. Click here for our live update of the covid 19 situation in malaysia.
In a report issued in february 2020 who said obesity has reached epidemic proportions globally with at least 2 8 million people dying each year as a result of being overweight or obese. In comparison malaysia s overweight and obese rates stood at 29 4 percent and 15 1 percent respectively in 2011. By gaby galvin staff writer feb. 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.
After malaysia with 15 6 per cent. Kuala lumpur the health ministry aims to have in place an anti obesity law by 2020. 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. Obesity rate now tops 40 the country s obesity epidemic has grown significantly worse since the turn of the century new data shows.
Health director general datuk dr hasan abdul rahman right said a later date was feasible as a push for. Nhms 2019 defined overweight as having a body mass index bmi of more than 25kg. The latest global nutrition report 2020 stated that brunei darussalam is on course to meet the global target for female diabetes.