Recently, a new study finds that 2.1 billion people worldwide are overweight or obese.
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Malaysia's obesity rate highest in Asia!!!
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According to a new study published last month by The Lancet, Malaysia was rated heavyweight at 45.3% of its population, followed by South Korea (33.2%), Pakistan (30.7%) and China (28.3%).
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What are the complications of OBESITY?
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Diabesity – The Rising Obesity Epidemic?
The prevalence of both obesity and diabetes continues to rise at an alarming rate. Given the comorbidity between diabetes and obesity, researchers have coined a new portmanteau of these two words in ‘diabesity’. Specifically, diabesity is defined as diabetes occurring in the context of obesity. It is also commonly referred to as ‘obesity-dependent’ diabetes.Click here for more information.
IDF Releases New Dire Diabetes Stats and Projections
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) -- the umbrella organization for 200 diabetes associations in more than 160 countries -- just released its 2013 Diabetes Atlas. It cites current statistics and the rise of diabetes worldwide.
Every six seconds (p. 14) someone dies from diabetes.
The greatest number of people with diabetes worldwide are between the ages of 40 and 59.
175 million (p. 11) people are currently undiagnosed and progressing toward complications unaware.
The research shows one in 10 of the world's population will have diabetes by 2035.
The number of people with diabetes globally will increase by 55 percent (p. 13) by 2035.
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Number of diabetics in Malaysia alarming
An alarming 3.6 million adults are estimated to be affected by diabetes in Malaysia, according to the Obesity Prevention Council President, Jong Koi Chong.
Jong said compared to 2006 where only 8.6 per cent adults in Malaysia had diabetes, the most recent study done in 2011 showed 15.2 per cent adults were diabetic.
Dr Ikram Shah said Malaysia had surpassed the World Health Organisation’s estimation of 807,000 diabetics in 2025.
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