Bad diets are killing more people globally than smoking or high blood pressure, a new study suggests.
The impact of diet was seen not only in death rates, but in quality of life, according to Afshin.
In 2017, poor diets were associated with 255 million disability-adjusted life years -- a summary of overall life years lost, plus time lived with a disability.To Freeman, it all points to the huge impact diet choices have on people's longevity and well-being."I don't know how many alarms we need before we start making changes," he said.
But it's not only individuals who need to pay attention, both Freeman and Afshin said: Society as a whole, including health care systems and policymakers, needs to promote healthy whole foods over processed foods, red meat and butter. It's never too late to make wise diet changes -- and Freeman said that patients are often motivated to"get off pills" for managing conditions like high blood pressure.WebMD News from HealthDaySOURCES: Ashkan Afshin, M.D., Sc.D., M.P.H., assistant professor, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle; Andrew Freeman, M.D.
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