KUDOS to the Health Ministry for its efforts to prevent obesity from becoming a national epidemic in Malaysia, “Ministry going all out to fight obesity” (The Star, Feb 22).
It is frightening to know that a survey of those aged between 19 and 59 showed that the percentage of overweight and obese Malaysians was 39% in 2003, up from 20% in 1996.
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