Does that sound like you?
A study by the Health Ministry has revealed that Malaysians take to exercise only in their 40s and 50s, mostly after the onset of health problems.
Minister Dr S. Subramaniam was quoted as saying in a Bernama report that it was only after diagnoses such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels and diabetes that most Malaysians would resort to working out.
“However at the same time, some of them have already find it difficult to move. This shows there are Malaysians who only start doing physical activities when they have contracted diseases and not because exercises are part of their lifestyle,” he was quoted as saying.
The latest National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2015 results revealed that 17.5 per cent of those aged 18 and above (3.5 million total) have diabetes.
In addition to that, one in three (30 per cent) or about 6.1 million people reportedly suffer from hypertension.
And more alarmingly, these figures show that almost half of the population (47.7 per cent), or about 9.6 million people, have high blood cholesterol level.
