A global study of 197 countries covering billions
of adults looking at their different diets has revealed countries with the best
and worst diets. Surprisingly, Chad, Sierra Leone and Mali emerged tops on the
countries with the healthiest diets. Others are
Gambia, Uganda, Ghana, Ivory
Coast, Senegal, Israel and Somalia. These are the first ten countries with
healthiest diets. On the other hand, Armenia,
Hungary and Belgium emerged the least healthy countries globally. Others
include Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Argentina, Turkmenistan,
Mongolia and Slovakia.
The study which was published in The Lancet Global
Health Journal also looked at the rate of consumption of fruits/vegetable foods
as against the consumption of junks worldwide. Hence, the countries that scored
the highest for healthy foods (fruits/vegetables) were:
1. Tunisia
2. Barbados
3. Cape Verde
4. Mauritius
5. Israel
6. Quatar
7. Cyprus
8. Seychelles
9. Mali
10. Grenada
On the other hand, the countries that scored
highest for unhealthy foods were:
1. Azerbaijan
2. Slovakia
3. Czech Republic
4. Belgium
5. Heilongjiang, a Chinese province
6. Iceland
7. Belarus
8. Lithuania
9. USA
10. Russia
In conclusion, according to Dr Fumiaki Imamura, of
the University of Cambridge, who led the research, ‘By 2020, projections
indicate that non-communicable diseases will account for 75 per cent of all
deaths.’
‘Improving diet has a crucial role to play in
reducing this burden.
‘Our findings have implications for governments and
international bodies worldwide.
‘The distinct dietary trends based on healthy and
unhealthy foods, we highlight, indicate the need to understand different,
multiple causes of these trends, such as agricultural, food industry, and
health policy.
‘Policy actions in multiple domains are essential
to help people achieve optimal diets to control the obesity epidemic and reduce
diseases in all regions of the world.’
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