Obesity Statistics In Malaysia 2020
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.
Obesity statistics in malaysia 2020. Graphic from the national health and morbidity survey nhms 2019 by the ministry of health moh. Additionally obesity is the leading preventable cause of preventable death. The figures are grim in malaysia too. Combined data from 2017 2019 show notable racial and ethnic disparities.
Nhms 2019 defined overweight as having a body mass index bmi of more than 25kg. Prevalence of childhood stunting in children aged below five years in malaysia has increased from 17 7 per cent in 2015 to 21 8 per cent in 2019. The maps break down adult obesity prevalence by race ethnicity and location based on self reported height and weight data. The performance for this quarter was the lowest recorded since the fourth quarter of 1998 11 2.
In comparison malaysia s overweight and obese rates stood at 29 4 percent and 15 1 percent respectively in 2011. Nhms 2019 defined overweight as having a body mass index bmi of more than 25kg. The figures are grim in malaysia too. Obesity rates vary greatly by country as a result of different lifestyles and diets.
Welcome to the fast link of the department of statistics malaysia official portal selamat datang ke pautan pintas portal rasmi jabatan perangkaan malaysia. In a report issued in february 2020 who said obesity has reached epidemic proportions globally with at least 2 8 million people dying each year as a result of being overweight or obese. This is a list of countries ranked by the proportion of the population that is obese the data is derived from the world factbook authored by the central intelligence agency which gives the adult prevalence rate for obesity defined as the percent of a country s population considered to be obese. By comparison malaysia s overweight and obese rates stood at 29 4 percent and 15 1 percent respectively in 2011.