Alcohol, Fat and Sex Biggest Killer
There’re 5 factors that affect the health, life expectancy of society, namely alcohol, unsafe sex, bad sanitation and malnutrition, Approximately 60.000 deaths at young ages around the world are caused by 5 factors.
If the 5 factors can be overcome, death at a young age not only preventable, but life expectancy will increase to 5 years. This report was submitted by the WHO.
If the mallnutrition becomes a major problems in poor countries, obesity and being overweight due to excess nutrients, a problem in most developed countries. According to WHO, more deaths are caused by obesity than from malnutrition.
The world faces a major problem and almost the same in various countries in terms of health, he wrote in the report the WHO Global Health Risk. There are 24 health risk factors mentioned in the report. If the problems were resolved, the quality of public health would be increased.
If the quality of healthcare rises, social welfare will also increase, noted WHO. The report also mentioned, there are some health problems associated with rich countries, such as smoking and obesity, it is now also faced by poor countries and the developing world.
WHO noted that the health risks now are in transition; public life expectancy increases due to successful fight infectious desease, but at the same time new problems arise due to lack of physical activity, diet, alcohol consumption and smoking.
In general, this world health body to make ranked risk of death due to health factors, namely hypertension (13% ), smoking ( 9% ), high blood sugar ( 6% ), and obesity ( 5% ). These factors increase the risk of chronic diseases and illnesses cause of death, such as diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.
Poor countries are still struggling to health problems caused by poverty, malnutrition, unsafe sex, lack of clean water and poor sanitation. At the same time, factors associated with diet, such as cholesterol, obesity, and high blood pressure, increases the risk of health problems is greater.
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