Obesity Graph In Malaysia 2019
It is different from being overweight i e.
Obesity graph in malaysia 2019. 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. A systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 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. 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.
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. 603 8888 9248 email. Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories 1990 2019. Try our corporate solution for free.
One of the consequences is that the prevalence of diabetes among adults aged 18 years and above has increased from 11 6 to 17 5 over a period of 9 years from 2006 to 2015. Malaysia has the highest rate of obesity and overweight among asian countries with 64 of male and 65 of female population being either obese or overweight. 30 october 2019 rohaida binti mohamad public relation officer strategic communication and international division department of statistics malaysia tel. The figures are grim in malaysia too.
Deputy health minister datuk seri dr hilmi yahaya recently said. In 2019 approximately 15 6 percent of people in malaysia were classified as obese this was the highest rate of obesity across the asean region. The global burden of diseases injuries and risk factors study gbd 2019 provides a standardised and comprehensive assessment of the magnitude of risk factor exposure relative risk and. Chief statistician malaysia department of statistics malaysia.
Obesity means having too much body fat.