According to a survey in Malaysia conducted in December 2018, 72 percent of female respondents were of the opinion that eating healthily was more expensive than eating unhealthily, compared to 69 percent of male respondents. Malaysia has one of the highest rates of obesity in Asia, and has
Breakdown of respondents who viewed eating healthily as expensive in Malaysia as of December 2018, by gender
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Food Industry Asia. (April 29, 2019). Breakdown of respondents who viewed eating healthily as expensive in Malaysia as of December 2018, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 01, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1057159/malaysia-respondents-who-viewed-eating-healthily-as-expensive-by-gender/
Food Industry Asia. "Breakdown of respondents who viewed eating healthily as expensive in Malaysia as of December 2018, by gender." Chart. April 29, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1057159/malaysia-respondents-who-viewed-eating-healthily-as-expensive-by-gender/
Food Industry Asia. (2019). Breakdown of respondents who viewed eating healthily as expensive in Malaysia as of December 2018, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1057159/malaysia-respondents-who-viewed-eating-healthily-as-expensive-by-gender/
Food Industry Asia. "Breakdown of Respondents Who Viewed Eating Healthily as Expensive in Malaysia as of December 2018, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Apr 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1057159/malaysia-respondents-who-viewed-eating-healthily-as-expensive-by-gender/
Food Industry Asia, Breakdown of respondents who viewed eating healthily as expensive in Malaysia as of December 2018, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1057159/malaysia-respondents-who-viewed-eating-healthily-as-expensive-by-gender/ (last visited December 01, 2023)
Breakdown of respondents who viewed eating healthily as expensive in Malaysia as of December 2018, by gender [Graph], Food Industry Asia, April 29, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1057159/malaysia-respondents-who-viewed-eating-healthily-as-expensive-by-gender/