Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Health – Public Health, grade: 1, Egerton University, language: English, abstract: Diet has become one of the principal causes of the emerging diseases, especially the so-called Non-communicable Diseases (NCD’s) among the global population. Currently, most countries have experienced transient nutrition transition, owing to changes in lifestyle and the availability of dietary products. Globally, it seems most people have abandoned their traditional diet and adopted modern eating habits, which tend to favor the consumption of dietary fats, especially from animal products. In contrast, the highest percentage of the global population has reduced the consumption of a vegetarian diet such as vegetables and fruits; instead, most people have increased high-fat diet intake.
Surprisingly, the ultimate result for the transient nutrition transition among the global population is the unprecedented increase of mortality rates related to Non-communicable diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. In America, diet related diseases have become an immense public healthcare problem to the healthcare system because diet related diseases have assumed upward trends. Therefore, this essay will give an overview of the diet and disease correlation.
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