Topic: diet

71% Indians cannot afford a healthy meal and over 1.7 million people die every year due to diseases attributable to poor diet, according to a report released by the Centre for Science and Environment and Down to Earth magazine.

Lead author Ashkan Afshin, an epidemiologist at the University of Washington, said the researchers estimated that overall, poor diets are responsible for more deaths around the world than any other risk factor, including cigarette smoking, known to be one of the greatest threats to public health.