Health Minister issues national call for high blood cholesterol screening


KUALA LUMPUR: Concerned about the increasing rate of high blood cholesterol among Malaysians, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad has issued a national call for every Malaysian to go for blood cholesterol screening.

He revealed that according to the 2015 National Health Morbidity Survey, the overall prevalence of high blood cholesterol among adults aged 18 and above was 47.7% or 9.6mil Malaysians.

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