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9 mar 2024 · Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Public Health Medicine Specialist Professor Dr Sharifa Ezat Wan Puteh highlighted that nearly one in five adults in Malaysia is obese, with the adult obesity rate currently at 19.7 per cent.
The prevalence of obesity was reported at 20.1% in this study among Malaysian adults. The prevalence was signifi-cantly higher among women (24.9%) than men (15.6%), with no significant difference in locality, educational level, and monthly income.
2 lip 2024 · Key findings from the National Health and Morbidity Survey 2023 by the Health Ministry say Malaysians are getting fatter. The trend in overweight and obesity among adults in Malaysia from 2011 to 2023 has grown from 44.5 to 54.4 per cent.
In the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2019, the current prevalence of obesity among Malaysian adults was 19.7% [26]. Pahang, Pulau Pinang, Terengganu, and Sabah showed the lowest rates of obesity (15.7%–18.6%) in comparison to other states in Malaysia [26].
13 wrz 2024 · As the prevalence of the ‘Four Highs’ — high blood sugar, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and obesity — continues to rise among Malaysians, with alarming projections for the future, urgent actions are needed.
19 lip 2018 · In the past decade, there has been an emerging evidence on obesity research among adults in Malaysia. More obesity research needs to be conducted particularly on obesity intervention among specific gender, qualitative studies, economic cost and genetic factors of obesity.
29 maj 2022 · We identified five themes: (1) Malaysian life is centred around food; (2) social norms shape people living with obesity's perceptions of themselves and obesity; (3) people living with obesity are physically restricted by their body; (4) people living with obesity have repeated thoughts about efforts to lose weight; and (5) stigmatization of peop...
