Obesity Statistics In Malaysia 2020

In the united states the prevalence of obesity among adults has moved further away from the healthy people 2020 goal of 30 5 5. The figures are grim in malaysia too. 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.

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In comparison malaysia s overweight and obese rates stood at 29 4 percent and 15 1 percent respectively in 2011.

Obesity statistics in malaysia 2020. The performance for this quarter was the lowest recorded since the fourth quarter of 1998 11 2. In 2016 more than 1 9 billion adults aged 18 years and older were overweight. Monitoring the prevalence of obesity and severe obesity is relevant for public health programs that focus on reducing or preventing obesity and its consequences. 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.

The figures are grim in malaysia too. Who growth reference for children aged between 5 19 years. Obesity is linked to many health complications and diseases such as diabetes heart disease certain types of cancer and stroke. Obesity is greater than 2 standard deviations above the who growth reference median.

Obesity rates vary greatly by country as a result of different lifestyles and diets. Malaysia s gdp contracted 17 1 per cent from a marginal growth of 0 7 per cent in the first quarter of 2020. Some recent who global estimates follow. Welcome to the fast link of the department of statistics malaysia official portal selamat datang ke pautan pintas portal rasmi jabatan perangkaan malaysia.

In the united states the prevalence of obesity among adults has moved further away from the healthy people 2020 goal of 30 5 the report from the cdc s national center for health statistics says. This is a list of countries ranked by the proportion of the population that is obese the data is derived from the world factbook authored by the central intelligence agency which gives the adult prevalence rate for obesity defined as the percent of a country s population considered to be obese. Facts about overweight and obesity. Nhms 2019 defined overweight as having a body mass index bmi of more than 25kg.

Additionally obesity is the leading preventable cause of preventable death.