Diet linked with half of CVD/T2D deaths

Nearly half of all deaths due to heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes in the US in 2012 were associated with suboptimal consumption of certain dietary factors, according to a study appearing in the March 7 issue of JAMA. Dietary habits influence many risk factors for cardiometabolic health, including heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes, which collectively pose substantial health and economic burdens. However, associations of individual dietary factors with specific cardiometabolic diseases are not well established. Dr Renata Micha of the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Boston, and colleagues developed a model that used…