Health Minister Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad wants Malaysians to adopt a healthier lifestyle after significant increases in the number of people developing non-communicable diseases nationwide. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, July 6, 2019.
THE increase of non-communicable diseases – such as diabetes and heart disease – in Malaysia is now at a worrying stage, according to Health Minister Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad. Based on the National Health Morbidity Survey conducted by the Ministry of Health once in every five years, the proportion of adults suffering from diabetes had risen from 8.3% in 1996 to 17.5% in 2015.
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