Obesity has reached ‘alarming level’, warns MOH


KUALA LUMPUR: Half of the Malaysian adult population is either overweight or obese, with the Health Ministry warning that the matter was reaching an alarming level.

Out of 50.1% of Malaysian adults, 30.4% were overweight and 19.7% obese, according to the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2019.

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