One in five deaths 'linked to poor diet'

By Kate Kelland
Updated April 4 2019 - 1:53pm, first published 1:46pm
One in five deaths are linked to poor diet, a new study shows.
One in five deaths are linked to poor diet, a new study shows.

Eleven million deaths worldwide in 2017 were linked to people eating poor diets high in sugar, salt and processed meat that contributed to heart disease, cancer and diabetes, a global study found.

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