At least US$5b insurance takeovers slated this year in Asia, including M'sia. Untitled. Kosmo! Online - Negara. Paling ramai obes RAMAI rakyat Malaysia mengalami obesiti dan bilangan mereka adalah paling ramai di Asia Tenggara. - Gambar hiasan KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia menduduki tempat pertama dalam kalangan negara-negara di Asia Tenggara yang paling ramai rakyatnya mengalami obesiti dan tempat keenam di negara Asia Pasifik, Dewan Rakyat diberitahu semalam.
Timbalan Menteri Kesihatan, Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin berkata, perkara itu perlu diberi perhatian semua pihak. "Kita serius diancam dengan pengambilan gula berlebihan yang menyebabkan pelbagai penyakit termasuk diabetes," katanya semasa menjawab soalan Dr. Malaysia paling ramai obes di Asia Tenggara. Share RAMAI rakyat Malaysia mengalami obesiti dan bilangan mereka adalah paling ramai di Asia Tenggara. - Gambar hiasan KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia menduduki tempat pertama dalam kalangan negara-negara di Asia Tenggara yang paling ramai rakyatnya mengalami obesiti dan tempat keenam di negara Asia Pasifik, Dewan Rakyat diberitahu semalam. Timbalan Menteri Kesihatan, Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin berkata, perkara itu perlu diberi perhatian semua pihak. “Kita serius diancam dengan pengambilan gula berlebihan yang menyebabkan pelbagai penyakit termasuk diabetes,” katanya semasa menjawab soalan Dr. Tan Seng Giaw (DAP-Kepong).
Seng Giaw ingin tahu tahap penggunaan gula berlebihan di Malaysia berbanding negara lain dan tindakan yang diambil kepada pihak-pihak yang melanggar peraturan yang telah ditetapkan. Kosmo Related News: Bazir RM25 juta untuk 2 panda, kerajaan patut naik taraf zoo Busung 60 bulan digeruni Batalkan keputusan roboh BB Plaza Menteri kecewa, mahu FAM kaji prestasi Harimau Malaya. Financial literacy vital when investing in funds. LOOK before you leap.
That's the advice experts in the unit trust industry have given to investors, either old or new, when deciding to put their money into any fund. Their reasoning behind it is that the products being offered to investors are no longer simple and basic. With the ever growing diversity and sophistication of unit trust products, consumers have to continuously enhance their knowledge and capabilities to maximise as well as protect their investments. Fund managers say unit trust funds offer an option to retail investors especially those looking at the possibility of earning higher returns compared with conventional savings like fixed deposits.
However, a lot of investors do not really have a good understanding on what they are investing in and they think they can simply park the investment in some funds and let it grow. Lim Hong Tat says it is a challenge for investors to stay informed on market movements in today’s environment. Good returns Wide selection. Malaysians have most obesity-related woes in South-East Asia. MALAYSIA is first among South-East Asian countries with problems pertaining to obesity – Malaysians take in too much sugar and sweetener.
Deputy Health Minister Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin told the Dewan Rakyat that a survey revealed on average each Malaysian consumed seven tablespoons of artificial sweeteners, four teaspoons of sugar and three teaspoons of condensed milk with their drinks daily. “At 51g, the intake is too high – above recommendations by the World Health Organisation (WHO),” she replied Dr Tan Seng Giaw (DAP–Kepong). “WHO’s recommendation is that a person consumes only 10% of sugar a day from their daily calories.” Rosnah, quoting the National Health and Morbidity Survey, said the number of Malaysians diagnosed with diabetes had increased two-fold to three million in the past five years. “In 2006, the number stood at 1.5 million,” she told Salahuddin Ayub (PAS–Kubang Kerian) during Question Time. Breast cancer the top threat.
PETALING JAYA: Breast cancer continues to be the most common type of ailment among women.
The latest Health Ministry report, which gave statistics up to 2007, said 29 out of every 100,000 Malaysian women had breast cancer. In comparison, eight out of 100,000 suffered cervical cancer, the third most common cancer affecting women. The other most frequent cancers among women were colorectal cancer (10%), ovary (6.5%) and lung (5.4%). Worldwide, breast cancer was also the most frequent among women. Nineteen to 86 cases per 100,000 women were diagnosed with the ailment in various countries, corresponding to 10.9% of all cancer cases.
Deputy Health Minister Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin, who revealed this at a press conference after the official launch of the Softlan Breast Cancer Charity Campaign here yesterday, said this type of cancer accounted for six to 19 out of every 100,000 deaths worldwide. “Women tend to put their family first, rather than themselves.