Yearstarter2019: Lifestyle diseases to dig in


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The statistics make for grim reading: Approximately two-thirds of Malaysians have at least one of three lifestyle (non-communicable) diseases (NCDs) – diabetes, high blood pressure (hypertension) or hypercholesterolaemia. This is according to the 2015 National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS). In fact, 7.2% of Malaysians have all three NCDS, while 26.3% have two.

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