KUCHING, Sept 8 ― The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) is urging the government to prioritise early education on the importance of healthy habits as part of a national...
KUCHING, Sept 8 ― The Malaysian Medical Association is urging the government to prioritise early education on the importance of healthy habits as part of a national strategy.
“We need to start thinking of the health of our younger generation and stop NCDs early, before it happens,” he said in a statement. “More alarmingly, based on the NHMS 2015, a total of 1.65 million Malaysian school children are expected to be overweight or obese by 2025,” said Dr Muruga. “As children spend a fair amount of time at school, schools would be the ideal platform to pick up healthy habits,” he said.
He said the comprehensive policy to educate children on health should include education on healthy lifestyle habits and promoting healthy eating habits such as basic nutrition education; weight management with monitoring of Body Mass Index ; educating and training of school canteen operators/cooks on the preparation of healthy and nutritious meals; include calorie and nutrition information on food sold at school canteens; and a total ban on junk food/processed food at schools.
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