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Malaysians ‘fattest in Asean’

Malaysia is the fattest country in Southeast Asia, according to its Health Minister.

Liow Tiong Lai says that obesity is on the rise in Thailand’s southern neighbour, with 2.6 million Malaysian adults obese and 477,000 children considered overweight. 

“This is not a glorious title. We are outweighing our Asean neighbours and number six in the whole of Asia – behind some Middle Eastern countries,” Mr Liow told The Star.

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    Discussion 1 : 18 Jan 2013 at 19.461

    The Malaysian Government are closely monitoring obesity among thier constituients, which is a good move, compared with it's neighboring nations. Thailand I think has more obese children than in Malaysia as lots of Thai children are fun of eating fat western food now a days. Thai families are limited to three or four members which are the father, Mother and two children, of which,since food are affordale as it is cheap, Thai children are well-fed and over-weight.

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