I Investigated The Unhealthiest Country In Southeast Asia
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 พ.ค. 2024
- This is Malaysia, the most obese nation in Southeast Asia where the obesity rate is expected to more than double within the next 10 years. I wanted to find out why is it the unhealthiest country in Southeast Asia
I interviewed Malaysians to get their take on the rising obesity rate to figure out why are Malaysians obese, are Malaysian's trying to get healthy and what is the solution to this problem as well as getting a first hand look into how a 400lbs man, Joshua Michael a Malaysian content creator changed his life for the better.
Driving conversations in hopes to tackle the rising obesity problem in Malaysia one step at a time. - บันเทิง
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Hi Kevin, thanks for shedding light on this issue.
Another group of possibly obese people hidden in plain sight in Malaysia are the skinny fat.
There are lots of information out there now saying maintaining a good proportionate of muscle mass to body fat is protective from all sorts of health issues & also cognitive issues in old age. It is now considered ok to look less than slender if you have a healthy percentage of muscle mass.
I think the issue in Malaysia is also our choice of street food snacks. If you notice in Thailand & Indonesia, they have street food snacks that are protein rich such as grilled eggs, grilled meat on skewers, protein rich gorengan options like tempe & taufu and more savoury less sweet salads, such as green papaya salad & gado-gado. In Malaysia, our snack mostly consist of simple carbs with no protein as they are usually made from flour and quite a number of them are deep fried &/or sweet too. Correct me if I'm wrong, for salads, the only street food snack salad we have is the sweet sauce laden fruit rojak. Although it looks like a healthy option, the sugar content is high from the sauce. In addition to that, there is also sugar from some of fruits, and sugar are simple carbs.
If we aren't one those lucky people who have superior genetics of both long lifespan & healthspan (haven't we all heard of stories of people who smoked like a chimney, never exercised in their life, yet still mentally sharp & walking unassisted right till their 90s), by eating less processed food, ensuring there is sufficient protein & fibre intake daily & slowing down the loss of muscle mass as we age through strength training, all throughout our lifespan is one of our best bet to have an equally long healthspan & in maintaining good mobility.
Long gone the notion that looking slim is healthy, because quite often, they are skinny fat.
Yes I agree, we all need a healthy level of muscle mass as well as needing a healthy level of body fat. I believe body scans to determine weight by measuring fat percentage and muscle mass should be standardized to ensure people don’t put on excessive body fat.
I think more education as well on how we gain and lose weight, the importance of quality food in our bodies in how our total well being will be.
Quite a complex issue to get us to be healthy but it starts with conversations like these.
@kevinharris1995 On Lesung Batu Medic Show "Gula Dan Budaya Rakyat Malaysia" by Dr Bhuwan, who has published studies on Diabetes, Diet and Brown Fat, is super interesting.
I found its funny when almost of Malaysian keep complained the rise cost of living but yet we on top of well fed citizen in the region
With great power, comes great responsibility
The type of local-based content I'm looking for. Keep it up bro.
Great piece of Content Kevin! Amazing work. Thank you for bringing awareness on this matter.
The Brunei Flag is wrong in 0:03.
There is supposed to be a pillar in the middle instead of being overlapped by a red dot.
My apologies man, I should be more careful when I source for these assets to make sure that they are accurate. Thank you for pointing this out to me. Learn something new every day
I was once a fat kid, ppl started to call me "mok" as in "gemok" for years. I hated that.... I swore to never be fat again.
That's amazing man that you were able to channel a negative experience into a positive one that benefits your life for the better. These are the type of stories that inspire me to keep staying healthy.
My thought is the government should implement sugar tax, maybe for 100%. Double the price for sugar, creamer, soft drink, etc. The collected sugar tax should go into the fund for counter obesity issues.
Sugar is addictive and detrimental to health. Categorise sugar as a controlled drug and controls its usage.
Subscribed, kinda enjoy your content. Beside that, seems going sleep late night ( or early morning 1- 2 am ) is also resulting weight effect . I watching this while eating anyway. lol.
Yes, a consistent sleep schedule with 8 hours of sleep makes a massive difference. It's the little things that add up
@@kevinharris1995 its a local's habit tho.. most of us come out lepak2 with friends drink mamaks or kopitiam up to 12 midnight. Ived seen a tourist vlog said, its the good thing in malaysia shops and restaurant open up to late night even 24 hour, the city never sleep, not like their country mostly closed 8-9pm lol. I think, govt should start build and promote FREE GYM center for locals esp in urban area, just how to figure out how it work.
Nice one man :)
Great content, bro!
Thank you my man. Comments like yours is what drives me to make better content.
@@kevinharris1995 maybe you can highlight the solution as well with facts from MOH & discover some facilities that affordable from private hospitals (check up & dietitian for example) if you are really into health
KNOWLEDGE.
Apart from healthy lifestyle, we have to know what and when to eat.
Simple basics like, Calory In - Calory Out AND to know your own body. Not everyone is the same.
Another basic like the current weather/climate of your current location; especially in some states these days that is very2 hot. Then try to eat food that is less spicy or the opposite; so there will be balance. Of course it depends on your own body.
How to know? Thats why we need to do at least yearly full medical checkup. That way, we might know if there are any health issues, etc as some ailments are very2 hidden or slowly processing and might need further and detailed health screening.
Some research suggest to eat based on your blood type; I myself not sure about this but hey...sometimes if you are too rigid with your food intake also not good lah..
Remember, there are other factors to health issue as well...stress, mental, spritually, etc.
Some people may have good results by just changing their rice type, some might not. so do your own research and check with doctors and health specialist based on your body and medical issue.
In Malaysia, most fat guys have this nickname BOB...... short form for Badan Orang Besar ( Big Man's Bod)
We love lots of salty, sweet stuff and oily food. We don't eat vegetables....even vegetables are cooked in coconut milk
Nasi Lemak, Ayam Rendang, Roti Canai, Sambal.... finished off with Air Sirap, sweet artificial coloured drinks....and cakes
Bro hope you hit 1k soon man!
Yeah, it’s too easy to eat such high amounts of calories per day if we’re not aware of the calories and quality of the foods we eat
how do you have so less subs for such good content
Im a malaysia from the east side, i noticed malaysian consume too much sugar, eat too much fried foods..
Unhealthy food is a lot of Malaysian's guilty pleasure. I think too many people won't admit to this or are so used to eating in an unhealthy manner that they don't realize the damage they are doing to themselves in the long run.
There iis nothing wrong with the foods..if eat wisely..so dont judge to the foods..
Malaysian so noisy about politics in socmed. But in real life, Malaysian just laid back and really never serious going into a riot and trying to strangle each other.
I can attest if you take the freedom of Malaysian to eat, everyone will become one new revolution party that flood the street. HEIL CARBS!
where are the food cals??
In world, Malaysia ranking 120
2 reasons why we're fat. 1. Food is good 2. Driving culture. .
The answer is simple. Malaysia is food of HEAVEN!!! The food is very delicious... hmmmm yummy.... another reason, no time to exercise.. 😂
Busty and Thick is the new sexy i guess...sup tulang is considered as retro or old school already, especially with Tyra Banks in the west promoting all sorts of sizes as their models now. As for me, we are not that severe yet, the majority of us are still sup tulang. Maybe because we ate a lot but that mostly will only happen during the ends of every month, the rest of the day is dieting or puasa, because most of our street food now is considered as luxury food already...our current economic situation, will somehow, help in terms of keeping the diet balanced. But i can't promise anything for the foreigner from the west, because their buying power here, is quit strong. 😊
Just eat 1 meal a day. It's healthy. 👍😎
Malaysia goventment should control the sugar content or the maximum level of sweetness in canned drinks and mamak restaurants. Stop 24 hours restaurants.
Couldnt agree more. Im the living proof that obese is real 😂😂😂😂
It is all foods fault. No matter how hard we try, the foods are always so tempting 😂😂😂
Setuju bro
I truly believe that with the right messaging and initiative from the people and governments, we can turn this around and make Malaysia healthier
@kevinharris1995 yes sir...let's get fit all day
Eat to live, not live to eat 😂😂😂😂 mau x gemok!!!
Jom mamak
@@kevinharris1995 adoiii... Ko mmg saja nk umpsn kasi aku obess kn bro... Kih3 anney... Nes tarik & tosai telur double please...
Bro either you healty foods or not you still die...you know what during world war2..most our parent eat nasi lemak and tapoica but they can live long until age 80/90year...and for info too nasi lemak was the most healty food in the world..
I'm obese. The food are delicious.
They are!
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Me too... Can't stop eating....
how about todi?
Team no alcohol
😂😂 terima lah hakikat ..tapi sebelom tu mari kita sama sama pukol macha ni 😂😂 dan kemudian kita joging 10km
obese because of fatty food and car centric culture
Malaysia got variety of foods all day long anywhere and almost everywhere, full of sugar and fat oil, and some of the tastiest cuisines in the world at very affordable price, thats y.
It's ironic that we evolved to love fatty and sugary foods in an environment where food was scarce. Today's world is the opposite so we have to learn to control those impulses