Diets high on sodium, low on fruits responsible for 5.9 mn heart disease deaths in 2023: Analysis

NEW DELHI: (Apr 23) A study has found that dietary risk factors — high intake of sodium, low fruit consumption and a lack of whole grains — were responsible for 5.91 million cardiovascular deaths in 2023.

Researchers, including those from Beijing Children’s Hospital in China, analysed data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023, and evaluated 13 dietary risk factors over a 33-year period.

China faced the highest absolute number of diet-related cardiovascular deaths at 1.36 million, followed by India at 1.11 million.