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Weight Loss Movement Tries to Combat Malaysia's Obesity Crisis

Dave Grunebaum

   KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - "1-2-3," shouts Dr. Noradhiah Tumirin, a
   physician and fitness trainer. "You can do it," she enthusiastically
   says as her client Sarah Baharudin is lying flat on her back and
   struggling to lift her legs from the ground to a 90-degree angle.

   Baharudin, age 35, is breathing heavily throughout the workout. She's
   165 centimeters tall and weighs 110 kilograms.

   "I eat traditional Malay food, yes and it's high in fat and calorie,"
   Baharudin says while explaining how she became obese. "On top of that I
   was not active, not living an active lifestyle, did not exercise. So
   years after years of doing that it becomes obesity."

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