Fact or Myth?

[tommyboy413]

Is it true that 75% of all deaths in the USA are diet related and avoidable?

[andy hughes]

It's probably true, because dietary defficiency can lead to a large number of causes of death, which may not necessarily be tracable back to dietary origins, but that stat. probably applies to any civilised country. Non-Americans seem obsessed with Americans' eating habits - yes they do eat a lot, because food is largely home-produced, and therefore plentiful and cheap.

[woodpam]

You may well have noticed that in health care you see amazing "statistics" published, for example Britain lost �xbillion last year because of back injuries/stress/smoking etc. Behind the figures are usually some very suspect methods of data gathering and a lot of guesswork. The results are usually published by the health department that wants more government funding. Call me cynical, but I do a lot of work with employment statistics and you can get them to support almost any point you want made. Everybody dies of something sometime and it might as well be a bar of Galaxy as anything.

[aloha]

The best things have been said already in the other responses. The high PREVENTABLE death-rate in the states is a combination of diet and lifestyle-meaning, for the greater part being sedentary(and, of course, smoking) If you ever want to be truly terrified, bypass Stephen King, and read FastFoodNation,or Diet for a New America. These detail where modern food comes from, and how it's produced,and both will change your eating habits. More bad news: Almost all western nations are on a downward spiral of obesity and, at the same time, malnutrition, due in large part to convenience and fast-foods. Fast-food vendors encourage us to eat more and larger amounts. This has added SIGNIFICANTLY to our intake of saturated fats and SUGAR. Sugar is not benign. We might overlook it's evils because it's ubiquitous, but for another good scare read about what large amounts do to your overall health and mental health.

[alexandrea]

i dont know you no coz most of america is obese so i wouldn't have thought so no idea good question luv alex***