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According to ongoing study of Global Burden of Disease Eating a diet that is low in whole grains, fruit, nuts and seeds and fish oils and high in salt raises the risk of an early death.
It finds that people are living longer but spending more years in ill health. And the wrong diet is the second highest risk factor for early death after smoking.
Today, 72% of deaths are from non-communicable diseases for which obesity and diet are among the risk factors, with ischaemic heart disease as the leading cause worldwide of early deaths.
The study was published in The Lancet medical journal.
