Effectiveness of an integrated-weight management programme in reducing body weight among noncommunicable disease patients in Malaysian government primary care clinics

• Main Author: Tan, Siew Tin
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Weight Reduction Programs; Overweight - therapy; Obesity - therapy
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/104162/1/FPSK%28p%29%202022%2034%20IR.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/104162/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Worldwide, there were 1.3 billion (26%) adults aged 18 years old and above were overweight in 2016. More than 650 million (13%) adults were obese. In Malaysia, it was reported that the prevalence of overweight was 30.4% whilst the prevalence of obesity was 19.7% in 2019. Obesity could lead to noncom...