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A new study funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and published in The Lancet, has found that unhealthy diets are responsible for roughly one in five deaths worldwide, more than any other known health risk, including tobacco use.
The study studied global eating habits among adults over age 25 living in 195 countries from 1990 to 2017. Researchers found that improper amounts of salt, whole grains, and fruit caused more than 50% of diet-related deaths in 2017. Diets low in nuts and seeds, vegetables, and omega-3 fatty acids, as well as diets high in sugar, also accounted for a large number of worldwide deaths.