Obesity Rate In Malaysia 2019

Findings from the 2015 national health and morbidity survey.

Obesity rate in malaysia 2019. 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. 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. 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. The figures are grim in malaysia too.

Based on a 2019 statistic from the world population review vietnam still has the lowest share of obese persons at 2 1 percent far below malaysia s 15 6 percent and brunei s 14 1 percent. Ying ying chan et al. Once considered a high income country problem overweight and obesity are now on the rise in low and middle income countries particularly in urban settings. 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. Banning ads for sugary. Farhan not his real name was taken to a private hospital by his parents to seek treatment for an infection on his right leg. In the period of five years vietnam s obesity rate increased to 38 percent whereas indonesia and malaysia were at 33 percent and 27 percent respectively.

In 2019 an estimated 38 2 million children under the age of 5 years were overweight or obese. He added that obesity was also prevalent between the 20 and 24 years old 12 and 25 and 29 years old 18 3 age groups. Physical activity and overweight obesity among malaysian adults. Bmc public health 2017 17 733.

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. 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. Left unaddressed this epidemic could exact steep human and financial costs.