Obesity

Overweight And Obesity Among Malaysians
July 28, 2008 | By adiwira In Health,News |

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The recent statement by the Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai that overweight and corpulency among Malaysians needs urgent attention again illustrates humanity ignorance on the problem.
The Minister pointed out that the prevalence of adult obesity in Malaysia from 1996-2006 had more than tripled with four out of every 10 Malaysians preceding(prenominal) 18 years of age are now organism either overweight or obese.
Anyone who has a Body push-down store Index (BMI) (weight divided by height squared) between 25 and 29.9 is considered overweight and between 30.0-34.9 is considered obese.
Even more worrying is the situation that this group is at high risk of contracting unsafe disorders like diabetes, hypertension and high blood cholesterol.

Other than intercommunicate people to exercise more and cut down on food, there should also be a change in the mindset?
THE MEDIAS ROLE
According to M.Manivannan, a sportsman and the content kabbadi coach, the people should constantly be motivateed that overweight and obesity has unspoilt repercussions to ones wellness in the long term.




This is where the media particularly the television should be more proactive in educating the public on reasoned eating and living, and not only if remind the public repeatedly that taking good care of your health is important.
The media should better educate the public on the consumption of healthy food and a healthy lifestyle rather than just airing advertisements, said Manivannan who is the Sukma 2008 national technical delegate for kabbadi.
This late can help change the peoples lifestyle for the better.
Educationist Selamat Ahmad Kamal told Bernama that media could inform the public on the recommended daily margin (RDA) for the body. Through this, Selamat said the public could gauge for themselves their daily exigency of sugar, fat and carbohydrates.
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