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Office workers, university students and even teenagers are now presenting with symptoms traditionally seen in older patients, driven by hours spent hunched over phones, laptops and tablets.

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Sharifah Farah, together with her husband Edzwan Redza Anwar, 45, who have an 11-year-old son, Hamza, and a nine-year-old daughter, Imaan, said maintaining good health is an important part of practising Islam itself.

Senior Consultant in Medicine and Endocrinology at Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz (HCTM), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Prof Dr Norlaila Mustafa - Photo by Bernama

Tourists take pictures of a Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) in Gibraltar on May 6, 2026. - (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO / AFP)

Bersama, a low-profile party founded nearly a decade ago, has entered the national spotlight after Rafizi and Nik Nazmi assumed its leadership on May 17. - Photo: Bernama

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A growing fear of missing out (FOMO) on trendy sweet foods, combined with poor nutrition and unhealthy eating habits, is seen as one of the serious concerns.

Education director-general Datuk Dr Mohd Azam Ahmad said the influence of viral food trends on social media has been identified as a new contributing factor to systematic nutritional problems among children and adolescents. - Inset: Datuk Dr Mohd Azam Ahmad

Malaysia’s aspiration to become a high-income nation faces growing concern as more than half of its adult population is overweight or obese, while some children continue to suffer from stunted growth due to poor nutrition.