National Health Morbidity Survey showed that the prevalence of obesity among Malaysians rose from 20.6% to 43.1% in a ten-year period from 1996 to 2006.
6 500 000 of Malaysian adult and 35% (9 648 037) of Malaysian children were obese.
Along with this, the prevalence of non-communicable diseases like diabetes, heart disease and cancer has also increased.“In fact, Malaysia ranks sixth in Asia and top in South-East Asia for obesity. We certainly have the ‘Malaysia Boleh’ quality when it comes to obesity,” said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin.
Let's face it, let's start it, let's do it and it's not all that difficult to start a fitness routine. After all, most of us have done it more than once.
The trouble, of course, comes with sticking with it. All too often, our initial enthusiasm and energy wanes, we get distracted by other things going on in our lives, or we don't think we're seeing results quickly enough -- and we throw in the towel.
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