Childhood Obesity In Malaysia Statistics 2019
Tim mcdonnell high rates of childhood obesity are a problem in a rising number of low and middle income countries.
Childhood obesity in malaysia statistics 2019. 514 med j malaysia vol 74 no 6 december 2019 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. Once considered a high income country problem overweight and obesity are now on the rise in low and middle income countries particularly in urban settings. October 17 2019 12 38 pm et. The main cause of obesity in children is exogenous obesity which is due to external factors.
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. In the period of five years vietnam s obesity rate increased to 38 percent whereas indonesia and malaysia were at 33 percent and 27 percent respectively. Modified 8 jul 2019. In developing countries like malaysia childhood obesity is prevalent.
However in developing countries like malaysia childhood obesity is prevalent among both the rich and poor families. Based on a 2019 statistic from the world population review vietnam still has the lowest share of obese persons at 2 1 percent far below malaysia s 15 6 percent and brunei s 14 1 percent. Though body fatness is heritable the environmental factors play a more important role in body weight because we can modify our environment. In 2019 an estimated 38 2 million children under the age of 5 years were overweight or obese.
Public health wales observatory 2019 prevalence of overweight and obese in ages 4 5 at 26 4 was statistically higher in wales than in england. The worldwide prevalence of obesity nearly tripled between 1975 and 2016. Ages 4 5 black children have the highest percentage of childhood obesity at 15 7. Judging from the current statistics and the co morbidities obesity among children is.
Less than 1 of childhood obesity referred to hospital is due to endocrine and genetic disease.