SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2015
J OEL F UHRMAN , MD
Poor diet is major cause of premature death
An international team of
researchers have released new
data about the risk factors asso-
ciated with preventable deaths
and loss of quality life years.
The Global Burden of
Disease study is a huge, ongo-
ing project collecting data on
79 modifiable risk factors in
188 countries; the team of
researchers evaluates studies on
each risk factor, grading the
evidence that links each one to
early death and adding more
risk factors to the list when new
evidence arises.
In 1990 and even in 2000,
child and maternal malnutri-
tion, unsafe water and sanita-
tion, and lack of handwashing
were the primary risk factors.
However, between 2000 and
2013 dietary risks overtook
child and maternal malnutrition
as the factor responsible for the
greatest number of premature
deaths.
A poor diet (a collection of
14 risk factors including high
red meat intake, low vegetable
intake and low nut/seed intake)
accounted for 11.3 million
deaths.
Following a poor diet, the
major risk factors were high
blood pressure, child and
maternal malnutrition, tobacco,
air pollution and a high BMI.
In recent decades, the
American diet has undergone a
transformation that has put dis-
ease-causing refined carbohy-
drates, oils, and animal foods at
the center of every meal, with
natural plant foods playing only
a minor role.
This dietary shift is apparent
in the data. As new parts of the
world continue to adopt these
eating habits, diet is becoming
a larger burden on health and
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When the researchers looked
at some of the dietary risks
individually, between 2000 and
2013 there was a global
increase in the numbers of
deaths associated with low
fruit, high sodium, low fiber,
low nuts and seeds, and high
red and processed meat intake.
The number of deaths associ-
ated with high blood pressure,
high BMI and high fasting
blood glucose also increased
over this time. There is some
good news though-deaths due
to trans fat intake and second-
hand smoke have declined.
The authors state “each of
the risk factors included in this
analysis is modifiable, pointing
to the huge potential of preven-
tion to improve human health.”
These trends are reversible,
and the deaths associated with a
poor diet are avoidable. It took
many years, but today everyone
knows that smoking causes
lung cancer.
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Everyone is taught this from
a young age, before the oppor-
tunity to start smoking.
Tobacco use is declining, and
as a result, so are the health
impacts of tobacco. The data
suggests that this is beginning
to happen with trans fat too.
We’re not there yet, but we
are moving toward a time when
processed meats, commercial
baked goods and sugar-sweet-
ened beverages will be viewed
by everyone as dangerous.
Dr. Fuhrman is a New York
Times best-selling author and
board certified family physician
specializing in lifestyle and nutri-
tional medicine.
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