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Hashim et al, 2018
Results
Awareness of health risks related to being overweight/obesity, body mass index (BMI),
knowledge and experiences of weight-related diets
The responses to the open question about health risks related to obesity are shown in Tables
2(a) and 2(b).
Table 2 (a): Health problems linked to obesity in Sweden
Health risks Rank Sweden
N of replies per cent of
for each total replies
category
Heart disease 1 169 13
High blood 1 168 13
pressure
Diabetes 1 165 13
Depression 2 151 12
Sleeping 3 139 11
problems
Infertility 4 131 10
Irregular periods 5 114 9
Arthritis 6 66 5
Asthma 6 69 5
Breast cancer 7 48 4
Migraine 7 51 4
Grand total 1271 100
Table 2 (b): Health problems linked to obesity in Malaysia
Health risks Rank Malaysia
N of replies per cent of
for each total replies
category
Diabetes 1 168 21
High blood 2 161 20
pressure
Heart disease 3 151 18
Depression 4 86 10
Irregular 5 54 7
periods
Infertility 6 49 6
Sleeping 7 36 4
problems
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