Nur Farhana bt.

Mohd Kassim Keeping Fit

K14

A recent healthy survey indicates that lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, heart attack, strokes and certain types of diseases are on the rise. Building waistlines, obesity and clogged arteries are becoming more common as Malaysians continue with their unhealthy lifestyles. Our preoccupation with tasty but unhealthy meals as well as our increasingly inactive or sedentary lifestyles have taken a toll on our health. The government s call for Malaysians to live healthy lifestyles have fallen on deaf ears. As a result, we have a growing generation of couch potatoes.