According to a US study, unhealthy diet led to more than 400,000 deaths from heart and blood vessel diseases in 2015.
Americans poison themselves every day with their plate. According to a study presented by the American Heart Association (AHA), their diet, which lacks healthy foods and contains unhealthy products (fatty or with too much salt,) is correlated with more than 400,000 deaths from heart disease and blood vessels in 2015.
Principal author of this work, Dr. Ashkan Afshin of the University of Washington in Seattle explains that these results show that nearly half of the deaths from cardiovascular diseases in the United States (see box) could be prevented “just by improving the disease. feeding Americans ”.
Based on data collected between 1990-2012, the researcher estimates that poor food choices played a role in the deaths of 222,100 men and 193,400 women across the Atlantic. His team of scientists also assessed the extent to which the main dietary risk factors were linked to deaths from cardiovascular disease.
Excess salt pointed out
The low consumption of nuts and seeds contributes 11.6%, the low consumption of vegetables for 11.5%, and a low intake of whole grains barely a little less (10.4%). Excess salt also plays a role in these deaths, around 9%.
To conclude, the American Heart Association (AHA) recalls the importance of having a healthy diet, that is to say rich in fruits, vegetables, nuts, beans, and limited in fatty or processed red meat. The association also suggests limiting sugary soft drinks, salt (sodium), saturated fat and trans fat.
United States: half of food-related deaths
Almost half of the deaths recorded in the United States in 2012 were caused by cardiometabolic diseases (including heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes) linked to unhealthy eating habits, according to a study published in the prestigious scientific journal JAMA.
Of the 702,308 adult deaths due to cardiometabolic diseases, 318,656, or about 45%, were indeed associated with inadequate consumption of certain foods and nutrients considered essential for a healthy life, and over-consumption of others. foods that are not.
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