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04 August 2024
One out of six Malaysians has diabetes - Health Minister
One out of six Malaysians has diabetes - Health Minister
Bernama
02/08/2024
Malaysia is still listed as the country with the highest prevalence of diabetes in South East Asia. - FREEPIK
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia is still listed as the country with the highest prevalence of diabetes in South East Asia, with one out of six Malaysians having diabetes, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said.
He added that the results of the National Health and Morbidity Survey 2023, which were announced recently, also showed a rising prevalence of overweight and obesity among Malaysians, from 50.1 per cent in 2019 to 54.5 per cent in 2023.
"The Health Ministry (MOH) has adopted various approaches to strengthen measures to curb this problem, through the 'War on Sugar' while the Strategic Plan to Reduce Sugar among Malaysians 2024-2030 has been developed and launched on June 29, 2024.
"The plan has six main strategies with 38 initiatives and 65 activities encompassing policies, advocacy and public-private partnerships through a whole-of-society and whole-of-nation approach," he said in a statement today.
He shared that his ministry had screened 64,846 individuals in 2023 under the National Health Screening Initiative through the Komuniti Sihat Pembina Negara (KOSPEN) WOW at the workplace and KOSPEN in communities in 2023 and set up 33 wellness hubs throughout the country to boost community health in a targeted fashion, including reducing sugar intake, with a total of 765,843 clients having obtained services between 2020 and 2023.
"The effort is also strengthened by the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry (KPDN), which launched the 'Kurang Gula, Kurang Harga' campaign," Dr Dzulkefly said, adding that he personally views excess sugar intake among Malaysians very seriously.
He pointed out that the sales ban on high sugar food and drinks such as flavoured drinks, cordial mixes and carbonated drinks has been expanded to all school areas, including canteens, and schools are encouraged to prepare sources of drinking water.
The same matter has also been implemented through a healthy food during meetings programme at the ministry, government and private agency level, he added.
Also, to encourage food and beverage industry operators to reformulate their products to be healthier, the MOH has implemented the Healthier Choice Logo (HCL) in 2017 and imposed a tax hike on sugar-sweetened beverages since July 2019.
-- BERNAMA
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