Obesity Statistics In Malaysia

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Obesity statistics in malaysia. Welcome to the fast link of the department of statistics malaysia official portal selamat datang ke pautan pintas portal rasmi jabatan perangkaan malaysia. The world health organization who survey in 2010 ranked malaysia as sixth in asia with the highest adult obesity rate. Obesity means having too much body fat. Obesity statistics in malaysia are getting scarier by the day.

And these obesity statistics showed that overweight. Department of statistics malaysia block c6 complex c federal government administrative centre 62514 putrajaya tel. Generally speaking obesity is a result of excessive and inadequate food intake combined with the lack of physical activity and genetic susceptibility. 03 8885 7000 fax.

Department of statistics official portal portal rasmi jabatan perangkaan malaysia. Deputy health minister datuk seri dr hilmi yahaya recently said. 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. Obesity in malaysia has genetic and behavioural underpinnings and policies need to be weighed against political practicability.

Mycensus 2020 portal portal banci 2020. 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. Obesity statistics from the malaysian national health and morbidity survey in 2006 showed that 43 of malaysian adults were obese or overweight at that time. The issue of obesity is nothing new in malaysia or in the world for that matter.

Malaysia is ranked sixth in the asia pacific region for obesity and tops the list in south east asia for both obesity and diabetes. The concern is understandable as obesity not only increases the risk of contracting various chronic diseases but also puts a strain on the finances of governments in terms of healthcare allocations. According to the world health organisation who obesity has been a global public health concern since 1975.