Obesity Statistics In Malaysia 2018

A crude population measure of obesity is the body mass index bmi a person s weight in.

Obesity statistics in malaysia 2018. Trends in obesity and abdominal obesity among malaysian adults 2018. Source of data. In the beginning many analyses underlying the study as a large set of recorded variables collected. The rise of obesity is not a problem unique to malaysia.

Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health. In the global context alongside development and prosperity in many countries especially in asia obesity has become a leading health issue. 11 18 original article burden of disease attributable to overweight and obesity in malaysia foo lee peng hanny zurina hamzah norashidah mohamed nor and rusmawati said. The present study utilized data from the seafood consumption survey in peninsular malaysia for the year 2008 to 2009 and explored the prevalence of overweight and obesity among malay adolescents.

States smoking alcoholism obesity c obesity a chol exercise malaysia 22 2 12 8 7 2 17 7 47 7 66 5. Obesity rates among children in asia pacific are rising at a rapid rate. Malaysian healthcare performance unit malaysian health at a glance 2018 ministry of health malaysia. In 2016 female obesity prevalence for malaysia was 17 9.

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. Serial population studies showed that the prevalence of obesity increased rapidly in malaysia in the last decade of the. Female obesity prevalence of malaysia increased from 7 9 in 1997 to 17 9 in 2016 growing at an average annual rate of 4 40. Malaysian journal of public health medicine 2018 vol.

The prevalence of obesity in malaysia over the last three decades since large scale population data became available.