Obesity Rate In Malaysia
Nhms 2019 defined overweight as having a body mass index bmi of more than 25kg.
Obesity rate in malaysia. 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. According to world health organization who the prevalence of childhood obesity has increased at an alarming rate where globally in 2016 the number of overweight children under the age of five is estimated to be over 41 million. Childhood obesity and parental obesity.
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. Among malaysian obese males obesity linked diseases reduce productive years by six to 11 years next to the philippines. Malaysia is ranked sixth in the asia pacific region for obesity and tops the list in south east asia for both obesity and diabetes.
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. Science advisor to the prime minister tan sri zakri abdul hamid said new findings from british medical. Farhan not his real name was taken to a private hospital by his parents to seek treatment for an infection on his right leg.
Deputy health minister datuk seri dr hilmi yahaya recently said. The figures are grim in malaysia too. 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.
Malaysia has been rated as the highest among asian countries for obesity. In comparison malaysia s overweight and obese rates stood at 29 4 percent and 15 1 percent respectively in 2011. 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.
And these obesity statistics showed that overweight. 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.
