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An average of 32 policemen die a month
Utusan Online 13 June 2014
KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 - A total of 32 officers and members of the Royal Malaysian Police (RMP) across the country reportedly died every month since January, with the majority stemming from triple heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure which has to do with the problem of obesity.
Malaysia is the fattest country in South East Asia
The Star Online 16 January 2014
Malaysians, besides being weighed down by obesity and diabetes, according to an Oxfam International report on worldwide food quality, also consumed food of poor nutritional diversity.
The just released research by the UK-based poverty and disaster relief group ranked Malaysia 44th out of a list of 125 countries.
Malaysia's obesity rate highest in Asia
The Star Online 16 June 2014
Malaysia has been rated as the highest among Asian countries for obesity.
Science Advisor to the Prime Minister, Tan Sri Zakri Abdul Hamid, said new findings from British medical journal, The Lancet, showed that 49% of women and 44% of men in this country were found to be obese.
"This is a very big problem because it has implication on diabetes, heart problem and others and our Prime Minister has also asked the global science and innovation advisory council to work on this," he told reporters.
Let's eat to live, not live to eat
The Star Online 1 April 2014
BAD eating habits among Malaysians have contributed to the rising number of obese people. According to a study, one in two Malaysians are either overweight or obese and obesity is one of the major risk factors for diabetes, high blood pressure, heart attack and stroke.
Widespread obesity in the country has been attributed to large portions of food served in restaurants and the excessive number of 24-hour food stalls in the country.