An unhealthy diet is a major risk factor for a number of chronic diseases including: high blood pressure, diabetes, abnormal blood lipids, overweight/obesity, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer.[23]
The WHO estimates that 2.7 million deaths are attributable to a diet low in fruits and vegetables every year.[23] Globally it is estimated to cause about 19% of gastrointestinal cancer, 31% of ischaemic heart disease, and 11% of strokes,[2] thus making it one of the leading preventable causes of death worldwide.[24]
§Fad diets[edit]Main article: Food faddism
Fad diet usually refers to idiosyncratic diets and eating patterns.[25] They are diets that claim to promote weight loss or treatobesity by various mechanisms,[26] provide little to no scientific reasoning behind their purported health benefits, and have little or no proof to support them.
The WHO estimates that 2.7 million deaths are attributable to a diet low in fruits and vegetables every year.[23] Globally it is estimated to cause about 19% of gastrointestinal cancer, 31% of ischaemic heart disease, and 11% of strokes,[2] thus making it one of the leading preventable causes of death worldwide.[24]
§Fad diets[edit]Main article: Food faddism
Fad diet usually refers to idiosyncratic diets and eating patterns.[25] They are diets that claim to promote weight loss or treatobesity by various mechanisms,[26] provide little to no scientific reasoning behind their purported health benefits, and have little or no proof to support them.