The Preventable Causes of Death in the United States: Comparative Risk Assessment of Dietary, Lifestyle, and Metabolic Risk Factors

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Authors

Goodarz Danaei · Harvard Global Health Institute

Eric L. Ding

Dariush Mozaffarian · Harvard University

Ben Taylor · Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Jürgen Rehm · TU Dresden

Christopher J L Murray · Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Majid Ezzati · Harvard University

Abstract

Smoking and high blood pressure, which both have effective interventions, are responsible for the largest number of deaths in the US. Other dietary, lifestyle, and metabolic risk factors for chronic diseases also cause a substantial number of deaths in the US.

Topics & Keywords

Nutritional Studies and Diet Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS Medicine

Volume 6, Issue 4, pp. e1000058-e1000058

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000058

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