The harmful effects of smoking are well-documented, as are the effects of a poor diet. But which is worse? A new study published in The Lancet suggests that ignoring the needs of your body with a poor diet causes more deaths globally than smoking. In particular, the study aimed to examine the consumption of major foods and nutrients in people across 195 countries to determine what happens to mortality and morbidity rates from non-communicable diseases that stem from a poor diet.
Each dietary risk factor is connected to a specific exposure definition. For example, a diet low in fruits is one risk factor, and its exposure definition is the average daily consumption of fruits — frozen, fresh, cooked, canned, or dried. There were 15 dietary risk factors in total, including diets low calcium, high in sodium, and high in red meat.
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