Statistic Of Obesity In Malaysia 2017

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Statistic of obesity in malaysia 2017. The total direct and indirect costs of obesity of malaysia are the highest in asean accounting for 10 19 of national healthcare spending. 2020 new straits times new straits times press m bhd. Facts about overweight and obesity. The economist intelligence unit 2017.

33 9 in females but almost three to four times higher. Obesity also has a direct impact on the country s gdp performance. 29 8 in females and the united states 31 7 in males. The figures are grim in malaysia too.

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. In 2016 more than 1 9 billion adults aged 18 years and older were overweight. 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. 19 feb 2019.

Pdf quick facts 2017 malaysia educational statistics pdf 2 53 mb 1180 downloads popular. Who growth reference for children aged between 5 19 years. Obesity rates are projected to increase further by 2030 and korea and switzerland are the countries where obesity rates are projected to increase at a faster pace. 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.

Adult obesity rates are highest in the united states mexico new zealand and hungary while they are lowest in japan and korea. According to a systematic analysis of global data on the prevalence of overweight and obesity in adults the prevalence of obesity in malaysia 11 4 in males. This in itself is a worrying trend but what is more disturbing is that these same adults are also parents to growing children or parents to be. Pdf quick facts 2018 malaysia educational statistics.

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