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Why is it so important to check on your health often?
Malaysia has the highest rate of obesity among adults in South East Asia (SEA), at 15.6%. Brunei is next, with 14.1%, Thailand is second at 10%, and Indonesia is third at 6.9%. Malaysia is known as the South East Asian country with the highest number of obese people. Most diseases that get worse over time, like high blood pressure and diabetes, are caused by being overweight. Businesses must care about the health and happiness of their employees if they want to maintain a steady level of production and income. That is why Employee Health Screening is a compulsory thing these days.
According to the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS), Malaysians don't know they have noncommunicable diseases like diabetes (9.2%), high blood pressure (17.2%), or high cholesterol (38.6%). This is because they aren't aware of the effects of their bad eating habits, lack of exercise, and smoking habits—the case of a noncommunicable disease that wasn't found.
Because of COVID-19, there are more deaths.
Even though we are working hard to stop the current COVID-19 pandemic, the case fatality rate (CFR) in Malaysia is only 1%. This means that for every 100 cases of the virus, only one person dies. Studies from NST show that 70% of COVID-19 deaths are linked to people with NCD. This might not be a reason to worry, but those reports say it is.
The COVID-19 vaccine doesn't seem to work.
Another thing that should worry you is that COVID-19 vaccines, especially those made by Pfizer and BioNTech, work less well when given to people who are overweight. According to the study's results, a person with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or more makes about half as many antibodies as a healthy person.
Main Takeaway
Based on the information above, we can say that most Malaysians don't know they have an NCD. Also, if they got the virus from any of the above comorbidities, their lives would be in serious danger even after getting vaccinated because their bodies could only make half as many antibodies as a healthy worker could. If employees die because of these chronic diseases, it will cause more problems and cause the company to spend more money on direct and indirect operating costs than it needs to. Do an Employee Health Checks, on a regular basis.