PREPARATION OUTLINE (INFORMATIVE SPEECH)

Name: Muhammad Adam Bin Shamsuanuar

ID: 2020492192
Group: AP2201A
Title: Obesity
General purpose: To notify
Specific purpose: To inform my audience about obesity
Central Idea: To open the eyes of the community about the impact of obesity

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 INTRODUCTION

Obesity in Malaysia: Unhealthy Eating is as Harmful as Smoking – Penang Institute

Figure 1

Source: The Economist Intelligence Unit, 2017.

Malaysia also faces the highest total cost of obesity, as seen in Figure 1. Female and
male are the highest value stated which is 16 percent and 10 percent respectively,
making the overall value is 13 percent. The figure also shows all the ASEAN country
that also struggling with the impact of the obesity

Credibility:

 Obesity is affected by factors such as increasing incomes, urbanisation,

evolving habits and genetic dimensions. There is growing fear in
Malaysia that diseases such as type 2 diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular
disease, stroke and chronic diseases are approaching alarming levels.

 According to the new World Health Organisation (WHO) figures, nearly

14 per cent of the population is affected. People of the world fell into
the heading of 'obese.' A further 40% were overweight. In the last 45
years, the consumption of fat and sugar has risen by 80 percent and 33
percent, respectively.

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  Malaysia's health minister, Subramaniam Sathasivam, recently warned
that the country is Faced with an epidemic of obesity, well over half of
the country is either overweight or overweight. For contrast, 20 years
earlier, just 4 percent of Malaysians were considered obese.

Background of topic: Economics costs of the obesity

Figure 2

 Economics Obesity costs are split into two categories, as seen in Figure
2, which is Direct and Indirect Costs. For direct costs, the cost of obese
healthcare is included. For indirect costs, it involves the productivity
losses from absenteeism and productivity losses from an early death.

Central idea: What is obesity?

• Obesity is generally defined as a pathological condition in which the
total amount of triglycerides stored in adipose tissue is abnormally
increased and is associated with a wide variety of adverse outcomes,
such as type 2 diabetes (T2D), insulin resistance, inflammation, and
cardiovascular diseases.

BODY

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Main point: Initiative to reduce the obesity
Supporting detail (Initiative 1): Advertisements
Sub-detail (Initiative 1): Advertising controls are another significant indicator of
interference. Right now, citizens are constantly faced with advertising
advertisements encouraging nutrient-poor food and drinks. That is certainly the case
in Malaysia. For example, during school holidays, Television Advertisements for
unsanitary food are strikingly clear.
Supporting detail (Initiative 2): Food labelling
Sub-detail (Initiative 2): Food labelling has been practiced across ASEAN countries in
different ways. In Malaysia nutrition labelling is required. To be most effective, food
labels need to be kept simple and worded in a manner that is easy for consumers to
understand.
Supporting detail (Initiative 3): Food “zoning”
Sub-detail (Initiative 3): Restricting the availability of unhealthy foods is another
promising method. The more
inconvenient it is to obtain unhealthy food, the less likely people are to consume
them. In
January 2012, Malaysia’s Ministries of Education and Health announced new
guidelines for
food and beverages sold in school canteens, such as the advice to display calorie
contents.

CONCLUSION

Effective interventions are available to Malaysian authorities to encourage the

adoption of low-calorie, low-fat and low-carbohydrate diets. These include clearer
and simpler food labelling. Additionally, greater collaboration between the
government and the food industry on product innovation, as well as developing best-
practice codes of conduct for food and beverage marketing would be helpful.
Physical exercise is a key factor in tackling obesity. In summary, several promising
pathways have been identified which can be implemented by authorities at the
federal or state level which is physical exercise plays an important role in preventing

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and reducing obesity, Simpler food labelling can have a significant impact by helping
consumers make informed choices and interventions that target food intake are
promising at the individual and population level. The community in Malaysia must be
conscious of obesity and ensure that they live in a healthy lifestyle that decreases the
likelihood of obesity.