Obesity Statistics In Malaysia 2016

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Obesity statistics in malaysia 2016. Country rank obesity rate 2016 nauru 1 61 00 cook islands 2 55 90 palau 3 55 30 marshall islands 4 52 90 tuvalu 5 51 60 niue 6 50 00 tonga 7 48 20 samoa 8 47 30 kiribati 9 46 00 federated states of micronesia 10 45 80 kuwait 11. Department of statistics malaysia. 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. 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. Email protected save as pdf. Judging from the current statistics and the co morbidities obesity among children is definitely a disease and not. A review of adult obesity research in malaysia med j malaysia vol 71 supplement 1 june 2016 3 table i.

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. Deputy health minister datuk seri dr hilmi yahaya recently said. Childhood obesity a growing health crisis in malaysia. Sample size and prevalence of overweight and obesity of large malaysian obesity studies sample size prevalence of overweight obesity national health and morbidity survey ii nhms ii 1996 4 28 737 16 6 4 4 20.

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. Malaysia is ranked sixth in the asia pacific region for obesity and tops the list in south east asia for both obesity and diabetes.