Food industry perception on national nutrition targets Malaysia 2019

According to a survey of companies in the food industry in Malaysia conducted in January 2019, 56 percent of the surveyed companies stated that the existing national nutrition targets were unrealistic for them to achieve. Malaysia has one of the highest rates of obesity in Asia, and the government has taken measures to curb this problem, such as introducing a sugar tax in 2019.

根据对2019年1月马来西亚食品行业企业进行的调查，56%的受访企业表示，现行的国家营养目标对于他们而言难以实现。马来西亚在亚洲拥有最高的肥胖率之一，政府已采取诸如2019年引入糖税等措施来遏制这一问题。