The prevalance of overweight and obesity were 31.6% and 16.3% respectively in Malaysia. About 30.9% of main and 32.4% were overweight while 13.9% of main and 18.8% of women are obese.
It was estimated about 3.8 million and 2 million adults aged 25-64 years were found to be overweight and obese, respectively. About 1 in 2 adults aged 25 to 64 years were either overweight or obese.
About every fourth person on Earth is too fat. Obesity is fast becoming one of the world's leading reasons why people dia (Source: International Obesity Task Force)
WHO's projections indicate that globally in 2005, approximately 1.6billion adults were overweight, and at least 400million adults were obese. WHO projects that by 2015, approximately 2.3billion adults will be overweight and more than 700million will be obese
Diabetes deaths will increase by more than 50% worldwide in the next 10 years (Source: WHO)
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