Obesity Statistics In Malaysia 2018
The main cause of obesity in children is exogenous obesity which is due to external factors.
Obesity statistics in malaysia 2018. The total direct and indirect costs of obesity of malaysia are the highest in asean accounting for 10 19 of national healthcare spending. Up to 30 of malaysian children were found to be overweight obese. Tuesday 14 aug 2018 7 01 am myt. In 2016 female obesity prevalence for malaysia was 17 9.
11 18 original article burden of disease attributable to overweight and obesity in malaysia foo lee peng hanny zurina hamzah norashidah mohamed nor and rusmawati said. Department of statistics malaysia tfr. Deputy health minister datuk seri dr hilmi yahaya recently said. Source of data.
Total fertility rate per 1 000 women aged 15 49 years. Ho mei kei public relation officer corporate and user services division department of statistics malaysia tel. Overweight obesity rate in children and adolescents has increased over the years. Trends in obesity and abdominal obesity among malaysian adults 2018.
Malaysian journal of public health medicine 2018 vol. Department of statistics official portal portal rasmi jabatan perangkaan malaysia. Mycensus 2020 portal portal banci 2020. Malaysia is one of the most overweight countries in southeast asia.
How common is overweight problem in malaysia. States smoking alcoholism obesity c obesity a chol exercise malaysia 22 2 12 8 7 2 17 7 47 7 66 5. Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health. Welcome to the fast link of the department of statistics malaysia official portal selamat datang ke pautan pintas portal rasmi jabatan perangkaan malaysia.
The office of chief statistician malaysia department of statistics malaysia 5 december 2016 contact person. A crude population measure of obesity is the body mass index bmi a person s weight in. Serial population studies showed that the prevalence of obesity increased rapidly in malaysia in the last decade of the. Obesity rates among children in asia pacific are rising at a rapid rate.
Female obesity prevalence of malaysia increased from 7 9 in 1997 to 17 9 in 2016 growing at an average annual rate of 4 40.