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Diet Blamed for 1 out of 5 Deaths

by Rosemarie Tracy, RN, BSN / May 10, 2023

According to a 2019 study led by Dr. Ashkan Afshin, an assistant professor at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington in Seattle:

               One of every five deaths globally is attributable to suboptimal diet, more   than any other risk factor, including tobacco.

In 2017, poor diets were responsible for 11 million deaths.

That number breaks down to 22% of all adult deaths, with cardiovascular disease (CVD) as the leading cause, followed by cancers and diabetes.

Additionally, a suboptimal diet resulted in 255 million

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