According to statistics from the National Health and Morbidity Surveys 151 per cent of Malaysians aged 18 and above were suffering from obesity. By Arno Maierbrugger - Feb 26 2013.
Obesity In Asia Landgeist
Taking the bemusing title of 10th fattest country in the world Kuwait is the only nation in the top 10 outside the South Pacific region.
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The Federated States of Micronesia Cook Islands Niue and Tonga round out the top five all with a portly population of over 90. Approximately 4 million people in the country are obese and roughly 2 million suffer from diabetes. The United States is the most obese country in the Americas and the worlds 10th fattest with 362 of its population having a BMI of over 30.
The number of overweight and obese people is rising in Southeast Asia with Malaysia Thailand Singapore and the Philippines affected the most while the problem is growing fastest in countries such as Vietnam and Indonesia putting a strain on healthcare systems and government budgets. WHO takes a look at a list of the top 10 most overweight countries in the world. Malaysia is the most obese country in Asia according to a study by British medical journal The Lancet.
Obesity can lead to serious and potentially life-threatening conditions like cardiovascular disease diabetes stroke gall stones and some cancers like. Malaysia is Asias fattest country. A recent study conducted by Herbalife revealed worrying findings that 81 of Malaysians spend an average of 6-12 hours a day behind their desks their largely sedentary lifestyle putting them at high risk of obesity.
Country Both Male Female. 000149 Malaysia most obese Asian country Published. A study published in the renowned British medical journal The Lancet showed that Malaysia is the most obese country in Asia.
KUALA LUMPUR May 19. Health Minister Datuk Seri S. Malaysia is now the fattest nation in Asia and has the second highest child obesity rate among children in ASEAN aged 5 to 19 years with 71 of children under the age of 5 being overweight.
Kuwait is Asias fattest country and the worlds 9th most obese country with 379 of its population suffering from obesity. 9 with 741 of those over 15 years. Malaysia is the fattest country in ASEAN with its obesity rate on the rise Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said recently.
According to WHO around 34 million adults die each year as a result of being overweight or obese. Additionally nearly 50 of Jordans population has high cholesterol levels. While its easy to assume that the easy availability of rich decadent foods in the worlds wealthiest and most developed countries would make them the most obese this isnt always the case.
Mean BMI kgm² World Health Organization WHO 2015. TRP The Rakyat Post. Subramaniam warned of a crisis in unhealthy behaviour saying We are the most obese nation in.
Interestingly obesity rates are lower among the educated. This is a list of countries ranked by the proportion of the population that is obese. According to The Malaysian Insider Malaysia is Southeast Asias fattest country where a nationwide foodie culture is feeding mounting concern over what its health minister calls an obesity epidemic.
The 2015 National Health and Morbidity survey supported this fact by revealing that nearly half of the Malaysian population aged 18 and above 477 percent were overweight or obese. Tuvalu 516 Niue 50 Tonga 482 Samoa 473 Kiribati 460 Micronesia 458 For the complete list of all countries see the table below. The risk of obesity in the country results from a sedentary lifestyle and overeating high-fat energy-dense foods.
KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia Over the past three decades this increasingly prosperous nation has become the fattest country in Asia. The West Asian country of Jordan ranks as Asias second fattest country with an obesity rate of 355. 428 percent of the population are considered to be obese while a staggering 70 percent fall into the overweight.
Malaysias dubbing as the fattest country in South-East Asia was only re-affirmed by. In a statement today Herbalife said its Nutrition at Work survey polled 5500 full-time workers across 11 countries including 500 from Malaysia and was designed to understand the lifestyle habits and attitudes of Asia Pacifics modern workforce. More than 50 countries around the world have already implemented such taxes including Brunei Darussalam the Philippines and Thailand in Southeast Asia.
The data is derived from The World Factbook authored by the Central Intelligence Agency 1 which gives the adult prevalence rate for obesity defined as the percent of a. Weighs in at No. For the latest food news health tips and recipes like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter and YouTube.
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