Prevalence of obesity and its associated risk factors among the elderly in Malaysia: Findings from The National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2015.
Suthahar AriaratnamWan Shakira Rodzlan HasaniAmbigga Devi KrishnapillaiHamizatul Akmal Abd HamidMiaw Yn Jane LingBee Kiau HoSazlina Shariff GhazaliNoorlaili Mohd TohitMuhammad Fadhli Mohd YusoffPublished in: PloS one (2020)
A substantial proportion of Malaysian elderly were obese, and factors associated with obesity among them were being female, having secondary education with a household income of RM 3000 and above and being hypertensive or diabetic. Enhanced health promotion and education should be targeted at younger people in order to prevent obesity in the later years.
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