non-communicable disease (NCD) Archives

24 July 2026

Letter

Type 2 Diabetes At 14: Malaysia Must Act Before Prevention Becomes Too Late — Kalivani Poongawanam

When a 14-year-old develops Type 2 diabetes, the disease did not begin at 14. It began years earlier through unhealthy environments and missed opportunities for prevention.

10 March 2023

Letter

Support Proposed Sin Tax On Nicotine Products With Caution — LCNM

This proposed tax will on the one hand inadvertently legalise e-cigarettes and vapes, but simultaneously make such products less affordable and hopefully less available to young people.

3 March 2023

Malaysia

Report: 41% Of Malaysia’s Adults Will Be Obese By 2035

Malaysia is set to experience a “very high” increase in adult and child obesity rates, warns World Obesity Atlas 2023. The report projects an economic impact on GDP of 2.8% or USD20 billion by 2035.

14 December 2022

Malaysia

Catching Diabetes Before It’s Too Late

“Diabetes doesn’t make you feel sick. You don’t feel like you’re going to die, you know? You don’t feel like you need medical help,” says Yeoh Phek Chin, a 47-year-old type 2 diabetic patient. “Until something drastic happens.”

Tag: non-communicable disease (NCD)

Type 2 Diabetes At 14: Malaysia Must Act Before Prevention Becomes Too Late — Kalivani Poongawanam

Support Proposed Sin Tax On Nicotine Products With Caution — LCNM

Report: 41% Of Malaysia’s Adults Will Be Obese By 2035

Catching Diabetes Before It’s Too Late

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