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Does prosperity lead to obesity?

By LOH FOON FONG
Dr Mafauzy: ‘obesity is related more to the level of awareness and education and the will to adopt healthy lifestyles.’

KUALA LUMPUR: Kinabatangan MP Datuk Bung Moktar Radin has declared that there is a high rate of obesity among Malaysians because they are prosperous and well-fed.

Is obesity the result of affluence?

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