THE National Health Obesity ... The latest data reveals that 54.4 per cent of Malaysians are currently overweight or obese. In other words, one in two adults in Malaysia is living with excess ...

Over recent ... rates of obesity found in the Pacific Islands are predominantly due to a shift away from traditional diets toward imported foods from countries such as China, Malaysia, and the ...

He said that based on the 2011 National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS), Malaysia topped the ... on the WHO body mass index (BMI) chart. Meanwhile, obesity is defined as a BMI at or above ...

Malaysia topped the chart with 15.6 per cent. The prevalence of obesity in the Sultanate is increasing due to factors such as changes in diet and lifestyle, as well as the rise of sedentary jobs.

Malaysia is one of the most obese countries in Asia, with half of its adult population classified as overweight. The nation is facing a growing childhood obesity epidemic, which has yet to be ...

PETALING JAYA: A recent proposal by a consumer group to ... He said the claim that 24-hour eateries were the main cause of obesity in Malaysia must not be accepted without proof, and that a ...

a standard ratio relating weight to height -- was far above the level of 30 that the World Health Organization considers the threshold of obesity.