Malaysia towards an ageing nation: nutritional balance and the golden years

• Main Authors: Abdul Rahman, Suzanah, Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Employees Provident Fund (EPF Malaysia) 2021
• Subjects: AS Academies and learned societies (General); RM214 Diet therapy. Diet and dietectics in disease
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/96733/7/96733_Malaysia%20towards%20an%20ageing%20nation.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/96733/8/96733_Malaysia%20towards%20an%20ageing%20nation_bulletin.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/96733/; https://www.kwsp.gov.my/documents/20126/153714/Social_Protection_Insight_Vol.5_2021.pdf/

Malaysian is an ageing nation where the number of the elderly keeps on increasing each year, currently at 10.7 per cent, or 3.5 million people, of the total population (DOSM, 2020). Due to many factors, the life expectancy at birth in the year 2020 is now at 75 years old. For men and women aged 60...