PUTRAJAYA: There has been a surge in the number of overweight and obese Malaysians in the past decade, according to the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2023.

"A persistent rise in the prevalence of overweight and obese individuals was observed. The number has surged by nearly 10% over a decade from 44.5% in 2011 to 54.4% in 2023," the report stated.

Based on the report, the trend of being overweight and obese is measured by a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 25 or more.

Also noted in the report was that abdominal obesity among adults Malaysians also saw a surge of nearly 10%, from 45.4% in 2011 to 54.5% in 2023.

Abdominal obesity is measured based on a waist circumference of 90cm or more for men and 80cm or more for women.

Meanwhile, the NHMS noted that 95.1% of adult Malaysians do not consume adequate fruits and vegetables.

"On average, adults consume only two servings of fruits or vegetables instead of the recommended five servings," the report stated.

One serving of vegetables is equivalent to a 250ml cup of raw vegetables or a half-cup of cooked vegetables.

One serving of fruit is equivalent to one medium apple or banana, half a guava or a slice of papaya.

Based on the report, 13.5% of Malaysians above 60 have adequate fruit intake while it was at 13.9% for those between 50 and 59 years old.

The lowest intake was from those age between 18 and 19 years old (7.1%) followed by the 20 to 29 band (9%), 30 to 39 (11.4%) and 40 to 49 (12.7%)
The NHMS 2023 also noted that one in five Malaysians do not drink enough plain water every day, with the proper daily intake set at between six to eight 250ml glasses of water daily.

The NHMS 2023 Report is based on data collection sessions conducted between July and September last year.

A total of 13,616 respondents participated in the survey, representing an overall response rate of 83.2%.

The NHMS report was launched by Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.

Also launched during the event was the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) Malaysia 2023.

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Wait for KBT to come in and mock fat people.

you know, despite all the oil and fried things the chinese eat in China , I am surprised they are not fat.

is it because of our weather? hot weather with sweet food = becomes fat fast?

Fatty eat alot is good news for F&B biz

they walk a lot... just see how many steps u register a day. they can walk for easily 10-5k per day,

1 serving is ekcelli a size of a fist

Big pharma also loves them that's why the sponsor fat acceptance campaign

Kkm singgit

which makes me suspect warm weather has something to do with it.

We don't walk because of our impossible weather.

There, at least for 9 months in 1 year, you walk you don't sweat. and cold weather makes you want to move to generate heat.

One stone fatty, two birds

Our urban development is not cycle-friendly, let alone pedestrian-friendly.

u do notice that their food is oily but not that salty and sweet as ours

cant stop the overfilling sweetness into our drinks and cheese meleleh on most dishes tho

bcoz healthy food not cheap..

ppl getting poorer everyday. nasi lemak with ayam rm8 everyday can tahan skip lunch.

pergi ofis kerajaan pun sudah majority yg...

Yeah...KKM every other year publish this but the priority seems to go to vaccine deployment.

Priority kelaut

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salty yes some parts of china.

But agree, their sweetness comes from natural sources , not from added sugar.

I don't see syrup, chocolate there. Even their tea, they don't add sugar. the sweetness comes from the quality tea leaves.

Actually, their food is not that oily. Only certain cuisines are oily.

Most food are also not deep fried like fast food. Deep fried food are the biggest culprit.

They eat a lot of vegetables.

They use less salt and sugar.

Most importantly, they walk a lot.

This post has been edited by 30624770: May 16 2024, 05:11 PM

they got lots of cured / fermented products , yum yum

Of course the priority was vaccine deployment during the height of pandemic.

vaccine side effect hehh hhehh

More like cheese meleleh side effects

If it was weather thais and viets would be fatty bom boms

Me first me first.

Sohai fat people. Because they pandan against COVID, whole world need to lockdown to protect them.

I go klinik kesihatan yesterday. The cafeteria full of sweet and oily food.

This post has been edited by JohnL77: May 16 2024, 05:28 PM

Now also they focus on deploying Qdenga, influenza for elderly lah bla bla bla.

Does this vaccine even work as claimed?

U all still belip and refuse to admit kena scam ke time PKP wakakaka. Many times they change the narrative of vaccine efficacy. Eventually, same same saja lah cucuke or not. Bummer.

They don't have cheese meleleleleh...

Ozempic seinggit bila?!?!!!

Biasa la majority kito
Either kfc or dfc
Topkek

i'm not against what u ate
but i'm against the fact that you refuse to do basic workout aka WALK

again with this lame-ass excuse. Singaporeans also walk alot, they have the same weather

sugar is the number 1 killer ....

we dont drink oil.. food maybe oily but we eat in moderation and fried stuff are drained from oils before consumption
compared to milo dinosaur, teh ais potong kaki, cheese meleleh - what are those?

Double triple parking block road so no need to walk hak kito.

Inb4 walking is strenuous exercise

This post has been edited by LamboSama: May 16 2024, 06:03 PM

Qdenga is a vaccine against dengue. It has been in development for 60 years.

Influenza shots are also important especially for the elderly and children.

Let me guess you antivax? Even babies vaccines also you anti?

To be fair, Singaporeans are forced to walk because they use public transportation. I lost weight too after taking public transport because I purposely go climb stairs

Restaurant punya pasal , their vegetables dish profit margin few times more than meat

Not about what you eat.

More about how much/often you eat and your lifestyle outside of eating habits. They burn off the calories they consume. Do we?

Only lazy asses keep blaming the weather. We aren't the only country with hot & humid weather all year round.

i believe during PN covid lockdown. many gain wait due to WFH and cannot go out hiking or exercise..
During the 2.5 years i had gained 15kg.. the last two years trying to go back to my before covid time.. Feel like very hard to loose just 5kg.. gained back after CNY..

Weather is one factor. Lack of pavements and pedestrian crossing is another.

I walk from my home in KL to nearby shop and back - 2000+ steps
In Singapore, I walk from my sister's home to nearby shop and back - 3000+ steps
=> turns out I am less tired in Singapore.

This post has been edited by river.sand: May 16 2024, 06:23 PM

https://youtu.be/-RYDVCYApvQ

Should rename the city stairs city. All I see is stairs.

partially to blame.

hot + humid = no outdoor walking, everyone drives or sit grab

too little body motion everyday

Didn't skyblu3 kena banned for keep repeating this city name?

Think so. Thought bannable comments will be deleted but all still there.

It's all about willpower

When i eat economy rice, i pay half what my buddies pay since i eat twice their vege and half their proteins.

Even though there's a surge in the number of overweight and obese Malaysians in the past decade, we should still need to decide what's for supper tonight..

Sugar is main enemy to human body, vegetable oil is 2nd
Our so called local food and cuisine, most of them are sugary rich

This post has been edited by MADReaLJL: May 16 2024, 09:17 PM

Such a long ban. Meanwhile, 18 Jan still here.

petrol too cheap

china population so big and the diet varies a lot from region to region, which u referring too..

Unker eat healthy everyday..
Niamah want to eat healthhy also have to pay so much idiot lo😥😥

This. U just need to walk more. My weight increase a lot since i moved and work in office. During my site days where i walk more than 10k a day my Weight maintain no matter what i eat. Of course i do uses stairs a lot too at that time.

Its time for sugar tax

not true.

bcos eating good fat is not the major culprit for obesity

it is sugar

jgn buat survery during cny and raya time lah. musim makan and be fatty

Why so many orang gila think if there are good paved roads, people will opt to walk?

Can anyone tell why? Because Malaysia is hot as hell which causes sweat.
Chii doubt anyone would want to go a place all sweaty

no need to talk about hot places

in covered car parks already can see Malaysians refused to drive further up to park their cars, instead purposely hog the entire car park waiting for a car to come out just bcos that spot is next to the mall entrance

must park veryyyyy near to the mall entrance

2 years 15kg.. fuh.... good luck on the weight control.. was 80 buff... after working for 10+ years becomes close to 100 dy... thats like 30 kg fats haha now paying the calories debt. hope to get back to 80kg buff in half year

Lmao, can see so many fat tards giving excuses on why not walking and exercising. Just admit the bloody fact la: you are lazy and zero will power, lmao. It will do you good so you can fix this issue instead of being in denial.

Better make it mandatory for flexible working hours so people can have time to cook and exercise. Everyday stuck in jam is stupid.

tengok la makan apa....all processed food/air viral la croffle viral la/palabutoh

They walk more while we rather double park than walk further

most of our food are deep fried and high sugar content how not to be obese?

put RON95 at RM4/L, i wanna see u walk or not

Access to doing exercise is not widely available in Malaysia

There are so many places are not walkable and pedestrian friendly.

That's not included with our hot weather.

Another thing is Gym Membership cost as low as $20 in US.

While in our country, if you want to sign up for gym, the cheapest that I saw is around RM90.

Gym in Malaysia cost mostly RM150 and above. Last time I asked for membership cost in Anytime Fitness Setia Alam, the cost of monthly membership is RM170++ and the size of the gym is small.

How do u expect people want to stay healthy when access to this places are so freaking expensive.

People that live in condo can benefit with gym facilities the condo provided.

This post has been edited by xpole: May 17 2024, 09:40 AM

Supper culture mostly I saw Chinese people keep doing this.

Most of the Malay people having dinner late because they perfom Maghrib prayer first than have dinner. Most of the time, they will have dinner around 7.45-9pm.

While chinese people that I saw, they have dinner as early as 5.30pm-6pm.

Walking in public parks is free. Running in public parks or around the neighbourhood is free less cost of gear. Public pools cost as low as 3 ringgit. Nothing stopping you from using the gear in parks to do pullups. The mats there perfect cushion for a good push up session

Them good old days

Support stay at home on /k

Curi2 jogging at 6 AM kek

How many public pools are available in Malaysia?

Public pool near my area is so freaking far. Let's not talk about public pool in other states. U expect people that live in Rembau and they travel all the way to Seremban to access public pool?

Run walk hike

Pushup pullup

That should be enuf for casuals. If serious fellas a gym membership won't be a deterrent

This isn't an excuse

U sure like to smell the car park smell, noisy exhaust fans, also dark car park and also chance of getting robbed

100% still don’t walk because RM4/L means rioting on the street already

Walking and becoming all sweaty is totally bonkers if u were somewhere u want to enjoy and spend time.
Unless u don’t sweat alot. So congrats on winning the genetics lottery

If those fatty got willpower to lose weight they can watch youtube or any video sources to teaches them exercise which can do at home and how to eat healthy or the way to do intermittent fasting.

Just need to buy a dumbbell can do some weight training.

If no weight thingy, they can use their own body weight as the weight for their training/ exercise.

But yea, gym membership is like a luxury thing here in msia.

but how?
riot on the street means walking for miles and miles woh
so still riot or not?

Not me go riot. If riot darurat, stay home and doto

and lets not forget all the condensed milk with milo dinosaur mixed with ice-cream..fuuuhh best

agree with veg

their veg quite salty/oily. If not then means alot msg hahaha from my experience.

and their food not like ours KUAH BANJIRRRRRRRR

Yes. We don't eat supper will die.

how does intake of fruit prevents obesity? malaysia still so primative.

Walking isn't the only form of exercise.
Rope skip, swimming, hit the gym, use the stairs more.

Stop saying weather too hot! can't walk!
We are lucky, can buy cars and drive everywhere!

Eat wisely. Drink water.
Avoid sugar, carbs like rice/noodles, salt when possible.
Or at least ask for less sugar when you buy drinks and eat less rice every meal.

Our diet is full of sugar, salt, and all kinds of condiments.
Original taste of food totally disappear under sauces, spices, thick gravy.
And we keep telling ourselves- Malaysia food sedap! delicious! yummy!
Our food is the best! Other people's food taste like sh*t!

Comparing with SG is pointless.
It's an urbanised city with good public transport with good network with trains and buses. Cars are not necessary.
They have underpasses, pedestrian-friendly pavements and sheltered walkways everywhere.
Plus their government and people are exercise crazy. They have apps which reward you for exercising/walking. Their parks and gyms are well-utilised. Their hawker stalls have sticker reminders: less salt, less sugar, more vegetables.
Take a walk in the evenings there and you will realise tons of their people are jogging and strolling.

Our overweight/obesity rates are at 53.5%. No. 1 in Southeast Asia.
Obesity is linked to cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, musculoskeletal disorders and cancers.
Our diabetic patients are shooting through the roof.
Hypertension is prevalent in 49.93% of adult Malaysians.

All these combined to become a very serious problem in Malaysia.

Dengvaxia also long time edi developed lah. Takkan u taktau apa jadi. Its a massacre in pursuit of moneh.

Tiber antivax. Im only antikebodohan like sheep and cows give head to slaughter during PKP. Now TELL ME THAT IT WORKS AND IT ACTUALLY REDUCE TRANSMISSION.

Minimal side effect konon. U tell that to thousands who get AEFI but turn down on their report.

They say fiber is so nutritious. The so called expert.
Wtf do they really understand what fiber is?

Technically fiber is ANTINUTRIENT

Insoluble fiber especially is actuall "HAMPAS" in malay. They market hampas more as nutrion not the antioxidants, vitamins and minerals inside.

Now u know why majority of the so called expert are obese.

This post has been edited by fist_Aileron: May 17 2024, 05:57 PM

Like that is how? Can eat or cannot eat? It's 6pm. Dinner time again.

on top of that fruitose goes directly to the liver. real bodoh on these experts. wasting taxpayers money supporting these waste.

Saw a trending china food where they put lots of oil in a pot then eggs then tofu, chilli oil then loads of assorted meat and veggies on it

Dunno healthy or not but looks damn delicious

Not too hard to figure it out.

bla bla bla

all i hear are excuses from fatties.

blame gym expensive, blame no pathway to walk, blame malaysian food oily.

never blame self cannot stop shoving food down your fucking gullet and never exercise?

whats next? sarahan DAP malaysians are fat? fark off lmao

Finally made an appearance, why so late?

Don't wanna hear excuses..😉

Propose these 3 items cannot be sold or served in public to those under 18

1. Sugarly drinks
2. Alcoholic drinks
3. Nicotine products

Kids and teenagers thirsty in public?
Drink water.

I have never eaten in my life that much white rice on one plate. Prob a quarter of what that foodie took, usually will tell the 'curry jockey' to potong setengah, kurang lagi. Kuah banjir is also another fattie excuse that will make the rice taste better, yah rite! That much oil, salt, sugar, msg is enuff to start killing you, dunno why fatties all types keep saying, kuah banjir, semua taruh. I keep my kuah separate, TQ!

Wonder if the foodie is living beyond 40 without HBP, Diabetes, heart problems, walking and peeing problems? Te green chilly and okra is just 1% vege among the prawn, sotong, fried chicken and egg, curried cow lung...for the sake of content, badan binase.