Lose weight issues in Malaysia

It is hard to lose weight in Malaysia !

....says the headline in a local paper ...

So why is it so difficult to lose weight in
Malaysia ?

Just look at the facts :

The Health Ministry estimates that 1.7 Million
Malaysians above the age of 18 are obese. And
last year alone, the World Health Organization
ranked Malaysia as the 6th most obese nation in
Asia.

Just look around you ... and you can see so many
fat and overweight men and women in Kuala Lumpur,
Petaling jaya, Klang, Penang, Ipoh, Melaka, Johor
and Sabah.... including fat children and obese
teenagers too.

The crux of the losing-weight issue is that
the local diet and lifestyles encourages the
doubling and tripling of the body mass index
( BMI ).

Breakfast is centred around high-carbohydates
food like Nasi Lemak, Roti Canai, Mee Goreng,
Char Koay Teow.

Lunch means eating Rojak, Nasi Kandar, Nasi Ayam,
Wantan Mee, followed by more high-carbo and fatty
foods for dinner and supper.

As for lifestyles, it is just a couch-potato
life .... propping infront of the computer and
TV and playstation ... without doing any form of
exercise to curb the increase of weight.

Considering these, how can Malaysians be expected
to lose weight and slim down ?