Prevalence Of Overweight And Obesity In Malaysia
Cancers are the consequences of obesity 5 6 in 2016 the worldwide prevalence of overweight and obesity 6in malaysia population based surveys the 2015 national health and morbidity survey nhms and the malaysian adults nutrition survey mans showed a high percentage of malaysian adults being overweight 50 9 and obese 47 7 7 8.
Prevalence of overweight and obesity in malaysia. The figures are grim in malaysia too. A total of 4428 adults 18 years old from 5 different selected regions in peninsular and east malaysia participated in this health survey. The prevalence in children below 18 years was not encouraging with 11 9 obese nhms. The prevalence of overweight and obesity had increased 80 7 and 302 respectively in just under two decades.
The figures are grim in malaysia too. According to the world population review 2019 malaysia has the highest prevalence of obesity among adults in southeast asia at 15 6 percent followed by brunei 14 1 percent thailand 10 0. In malaysia ncds were estimated to account for 74 of all deaths in 2016 2 the prevalence of obesity increased from 4 4 in 1996 to 12 3 in 2004 10 11 the national health and morbidity surveys nhmss carried out in 2006 2011 and 2015 showed further increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among adults 18 years from 29 1 and. 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.
Using world health organization recommendations for body mass index bmi the prevalence of overweight and obesity were found to be 33 6 95 ci 32 2 35 0 and 19 5 95 ci 18 3 20 7 respectively. This study aim at continue monitoring the prevalence and its associations as it is strongly related to cardiovascular death 4. Increased in prevalence of overweight and obesity between 1996 and 2006.