KANGAR, Dec 11 — The Perlis State Legislative Assembly sitting was told today that, based on the latest statistics, the state’s 32.8 per cent obesity rate is the highest in the country, while its diabetes prevalence rate of 20.6 per cent is the third highest.

State Women, Family and Community Development, Unity and Environment Committee chairman Wan Badariah Wan Saad said that, as such, several measures have been and are being taken to ensure the state government’s efforts to promote tourism and people’s health can run smoothly together, without harming community well-being.