Human capital quality health issue among university students in Malaysia is critical and worrying. The number of obese, overweight, and mental health students is steadily increasing. Additionally, the students are having difficulty securing a job after they graduate. Hence, this study examines the obesity, overweight, and mental status among university students in Malaysia. Furthermore, we will identify a link between quality health and employment opportunities. There are 1087 students from 12 public and private universities who participated in this study. The questionnaire is used to collect the data; meanwhile, the data is analyzed by using SPSS 21. Furthermore, descriptive statistics and chi-square were used to answer the study's objective. The result indicated that the students perceived that quality health is not linked with employment opportunities. Therefore, they were confident to be hired after graduating. However, the student's quality of health is inadequate, and the rate of overweight, obese I, II, and III, and underweight was significant. Finally, some of them claimed that they had experienced severe and extremely severe levels of depression and anxiety.
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