We need reminders to choose less sugar

WOW, we really are the “sick old man” of Asean: Malaysia currently has the highest prevalence of diabetes in South-East Asia, according to many reports, local, regional and international.

According to our own National Health and Morbidity Survey, concluded in 2023 and released in May this year, almost 3.6 million Malaysians, or one in six adults (15.6% of the population), have diabetes.