Anwar urges all parties to address issue of diabetes seriously

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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has urged all parties to heed his recommendation of reducing sugar intake seriously, as the country grapples with a high prevalence of diabetes among its population.  Malaysia is among the nations with the highest number of diabetes diagnoses.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/ysntc5xp   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00War on sugar

00:02Including in the canteen in the country's front

00:08So I suggest, in our canteen

00:11Like what you did in the past 6 days

00:14Reduce 50% sugar intake

00:18So Muhammad must be a good example

00:21I still remember when

00:23When Kelantan recorded

00:25The country's highest use of sugar

00:30When reported to the former Prime Minister, Mr. Aziz

00:34He instructed that his office

00:36Not to be given sugar

00:38That's extraordinary in Kelantan

00:40But this is a patient way to avoid

00:44Our impoverishment

00:46So I hope this is taken seriously

00:50Not just through

00:53Duty exercise

00:55Which we will introduce in detail

01:001 January increased by 40 centilitres

01:02But actually, this diabetic disease

01:07Is very high in our country

01:12Malaysia is among those who recorded

01:14The highest diabetic disease

01:16Formerly number 1, Kelantan

01:18Then moved to number 1, Kedah

01:20Now number 1, Negeri Sembilan

01:23So don't compete to win in this war

01:26In Islam, it's

01:29It's a competition for goodness

01:30Not a competition for illness

01:34Meanwhile, dialysis treatment

01:37We give ease

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