Cpg Obesity Malaysia 2016

The concern is understandable as obesity not only increases the risk of contracting various chronic diseases but also puts a strain on the finances of governments in terms of healthcare allocations.

Cpg obesity malaysia 2016. Obesity is a complex multifactorial condition characterized by excess body fat which resulted in excessive weight. More than 18 years old 33 were classified as pre obese and 27 2 were obese. Kuala lumpur feb 3 malaysia known as asia s fattest country recorded an increase in its obesity rate last year with the latest statistics showing that the overweight and the obese make up nearly half the its 30 million populace. The revised guidelines aim to provide health and allied healthcare professionals updated evidence based recommendations to support effective interventions to manage obesity.

Cpg qr tm pil. Management of diabetes in pregnancy. This clinical practice guidelines cpg on obesity is an update of the obesity cpg developed by the ministry of health in 2004. Sample size and prevalence of overweight and obesity of large malaysian obesity studies sample size prevalence of overweight obesity national health and morbidity survey ii nhms ii 1996 4 28 737 16 6 4 4 20.

The issue of obesity is nothing new in malaysia or in the world for that matter. 7 33 mb 2004. A review of adult obesity research in malaysia med j malaysia vol 71 supplement 1 june 2016 3 table i. The use of growth hormone in children and adults.

According to the world health organisation who obesity has been a global public health concern since 1975. Management of type 1 diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents. The numbers were revealed yesterday by health. In malaysia the national health and morbidity survey 2011 reported that in adult.

Ministry of health moh is an innovative people centred organisation committed to medical excellence the promotion of good health the reduction of illness and access to good and affordable healthcare for all singaporeans appropriate to their needs. A recent study estimates that worldwide gdp losses both from direct and indirect costs of diabetes from 2011 to 2030 will total us 1 7tril comprising us 900bil for high income countries and us 800bil for low and middle. As shown in figure 4 malaysia s total cost for obesity as a percentage of nominal gdp ranks top at a range between 0 4 and 0 8 far ahead of all other countries in asean. According to the world health organization who obesity is defined as an individual having bmi equal or more than 30 kg m 2 or individual that has waist hip ratio whr of more than 1 0 for male and more than 0.

The malaysian ministry of health reports that malaysia has the highest statistics of obesity problem in south east asia.