poor diet causes more deaths
For females, smoking is the number-six risk for early death, contributing to 1.4 million deaths. Similarly, alcohol is a top-10 risk factor for male deaths, but it’s not a leading cause for females. Poor diet contributes to 21 per cent of global deaths, a study found.
A healthy diet helps protect against malnutrition in all its forms, as well as noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including diabetes, heart disease, stroke and cancer. Unhealthy diet and lack of physical activity are leading global risks to health.