Obesity In Malaysia Journal

Growing epidemic of coronary heart disease in low and middle income countries.

Obesity in malaysia journal. In a statement published today in the leading journal obesity reviews the world obesity federation confirms its support for defining obesity as a chronic relapsing disease. Malaysian journal of nutrition. International journal of innovation and applied studies issn 2028 9324 2014 vol. According to the world health organisation who obesity has been a global public health concern since 1975.

Obesity in malaysia has genetic and behavioural underpinnings and policies need to be weighed against political practicability. Farhan not his real name was taken to a private hospital by his parents to seek treatment for an infection on his right leg. Asia pacific journal of clinical nutrition. Prevalence of obesity and daily lifestyles of the registered nurses in malaysia.

The statement was prepared by a scientific committee of the federation which concluded that obesity fits the epidemiological model of a disease process except that the toxic or pathological agent is diet related rather. The issue of obesity is nothing new in malaysia or in the world for that matter. Overweight and obesity in malaysia has been increasing for the past decades. Coomarasamy jd wint nn neri dn et al.

Prevalence of overweight and obesity among adult malaysians. Visit for more related articles at journal of childhood obesity. Malaysia is recorded as the highest number of obese rates in the south east asia with prevalence of obesity was at 13 3 per cent while overweight was at 38 5 per cent farezza hanum rashid 2017. 2011 20 1 35 41 gaziano ta bitton a anand s abrahams gessel s murphy a.

The prevalence of obesity in malaysia over the last three decades since large scale population data became available. 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 economics faculty of economics and management. 2008 14 2 125 35 mohamud wn musa ki khir as m ismail aa s ismail is kadir ka et al. The rise of obesity is not a problem unique to malaysia.

Generally speaking obesity is a result of excessive and inadequate food intake combined with the lack of physical activity and genetic susceptibility. Malaysian journal of public health medicine 2018 vol.