One study found that 61.65 of individuals eat at least one meal per day outside their homes.
Obesity is a neglected public health problem, says University Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) Department of Community Medicine and Public Health associate professor Dr Zafar Ahmed.
He explains: “Nobody is approaching it for the sake of managing the obesity; we are trying to address it indirectly by trying to reduce the burden of its co-morbidities, such as diabetes or hypertension.
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