Prevalence Of Overweight And Obesity In Malaysia

We conducted a cross sectional study at 12 selected health clinics in perak malaysia and we used multi stage cluster random sampling.

Prevalence of overweight and obesity in malaysia. Even the cohort born between 1927 1936 who were 60 years old in 1996 showed an increased in prevalence of overweight and obesity 10 years later in the nmhs iii survey when they were the 70 year age group prevalence of overweight 15 6 rose to 21 1 29 3 obesity. 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. Increased in prevalence of overweight and obesity between 1996 and 2006.

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. According to the world population review 2019 malaysia has the highest prevalence of obesity among adults in southeast asia at 15 6 per cent followed by brunei 14 1 per cent thailand 10 0 per cent and indonesia 6 9 per cent. In 2016 39 and 13 of the adult population worldwide was classified as overweight and obese respectively. 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.

The figures are grim in malaysia too. 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. 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 percent and indonesia 6 9 percent.

The prevalence in children below 18 years was not encouraging with 11 9 obese nhms.