Name the 10 leading causes of death in the United States, and describe in general how diet and other lifestyle choices contribute to their development

What will be an ideal response?


The 10 leading causes of death in the United States, as of June 2016, are in descending order:

Heart disease

Cancers

Chronic lung diseases

Accidents

Strokes

Alzheimer’s disease

Diabetes mellitus

Influenza and pneumonia

Kidney diseases

Suicide



Many of these deaths reflect chronic diseases that developed in response to lifestyle factors, such as diet, physical inactivity, overweight, tobacco use, and alcohol and drug abuse. Four of these causes of death have some relationship with diet. Taken together, these four conditions account for more than 50 percent of the nation’s more than 2 million deaths each year. Worldwide, statistics are similar, with developing countries sharing many of the same chronic diseases as developed nations.



Valid links do exist between saturated fat and heart disease, calcium and osteoporosis, and antioxidant nutrients and cancer, but in reality, each nutrient may have connections with several diseases because its role in the body is not specific to a disease but to a body function. Further, each of the chronic diseases develops in response to multiple risk factors, including many nondietary factors, such as genetics, physical activity, and smoking.



This table presents some of the relationships between risk factors, including diet-related, and chronic diseases.





CA: Cancer

HT: Hypertension

T2: Type 2 diabetes

AT: Atherosclerosis

OB: Obesity

ST: Stroke

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