Reduce the risk of dying from COVID-19 by getting vaccinated, continuing to observe infection-prevention measures, and practising good self-care. A woman had Type 2 diabetes, hypertension (high blood pressure) and obesity. Fearing COVID-19, she did not go for her…
What is Non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)? Non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the accumulation of abnormal amounts of fat within the liver. NAFLD is classified as either fatty liver or steatohepatitis (NASH). In both of them there is…
Surgery for the obese Obesity is defined as body mass index (BMI) >30. With the escalating problems relating to obesity namely diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension, obstructive sleep apnoea, fatty liver, stress incontinence, stroke, cancer, arthritis and psychological disorders. The problem…
Introduction The problem of obesity in Malaysia is ongoing. Not only are we outweighing our South East Asian neighbours, but our children are also following suit among their peers as one in every 5 school-going Malaysian children is overweight or…
Malaysia is now officially the fattest country in South East Asia. Our overweight prevalence is around 44.2 % in 2011. Many of my patients told me that they have lost their hope and have given up on their fight against…
We all have heard the news: Malaysia is the fattest nation in the whole South East Asia. And this is not exactly a flattering achievement. Obviously, we need a fix for it. But in order to fix it, we must…
I was in a restaurant many years ago drinking my carrot juice while a young friend of mine happily bottoming up his beers made a striking remark, ‘I have to do this, so that I will have a big tummy…