In our latest ... and obesity puts children at risk for related chronic diseases like diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and more. Click here to launch a slide show of maps and graphs illustrating ...

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 ...

Based on the latest data, 1.65 million Malaysian schoolchildren ... and teens of the same age and sex as plotted on the WHO body mass index (BMI) chart. Meanwhile, obesity is defined as a BMI at or ...

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.

Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia’s health minister has given warning that the country is in the midst of an obesity epidemic, with almost half the country overweight or obese. New figures – published ...

In Malaysia, childhood obesity rates also are climbing, from less than 10 percent a decade ago to nearly 14 percent in 2008, according to the most recent figures, saddling health systems with a ...

Mr Wan Saiful pointed out that obesity is an epidemic in Malaysia, giving rise to health ... Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.