This document discusses diabetes in Malaysia and potential solutions. It notes that 15.2% of Malaysians have diabetes and about 12,000 people died from related diseases in 2010. Diabetes is increasing due to western lifestyles being absorbed into Malaysian culture. Controlling sugar content in food production could reduce costs from lost productivity and treatment by reducing obesity and diabetes risk. Potential solutions include changing the concentration, composition, or type of sugar used in food production.

1. MYTRIZ COMPETITION 2012
PART 3
Nurul Akmar Ruslan
Asna M Zain

2. Problem Breakdown
• 15.2% of Malaysians are diabetic patients
• About 12000 people died in MOH hospitals due to circulatory disease
and cancer in 2010.
• Caused by the globalization process that absorbing the unhealthy
lifestyle from the western developed country.
• The main issues in Malaysia:
 Increasing prevalence of diabetes
 High number of “undiagnosed”
 Unsatisfactory quality of care

3. If the Problem is Solved
Can reduce the threats of this silent killer
Could save the cost for the health care and treatment
Could save the cost of productivity lost
Could improve the nation healthiness and well-being

4. Function Analysis
kills
Diabetes Health
uses
Cost

5. Cause & Effect Chain Analysis
Diabetes
Genetic
Eating Factor Lifestyle factor
Factor
High sugar
intake Less exercise
Gene
mutation
Food with high Sedentary work
sugar content
Food production

6. TOOL 1: ENGINEERING CONTRADICTION
“If the sugar content in food is controlled during the food production, it will
reduce the risk of obesity and thus reduce the productivity lost and the cost
for the treatment”
Improving: #39 Productivity
Worsening: # 23 Loss of substance, #30 Object affected harmful factor
Improving #39, Worsening #23
• 28 Mechanic substitution
• 10 Preliminary action
• 35 Parameter changes
• 23 Feedback
Improving #39, Worsening #30
• 22 Blessing in disguise
• 35 Parameter changes
• 13 The other way around
• 24 Intermediary

7. Potential Solution
Principle 35 Parameter change
• Change the concentration of sugar in the food
production
• Change the chemical composition of sugar
so that it will be readily absorb in the body
• Change the type of sugar used in the food,
from white sugar to brown sugar

8. TOOL 2: SUFIELD MODEL
• Current sugar processing using F(chemical) cause harmful sugar to
people
• Change F(mechanical) process with F(thermal) field for processing
sugar which remove harmful of sugar
F(C) F(M)
Sugar
(Cause People Sugar People
HarSugar
Diabetes) m
Harm
F (T)