Re: Preventable Causes of Death

[Guest guest]

Hi folks:

More on this. At the time of my previous post I had not taken a look at the

full text of the paper. Now I have. Quickly. It can be found at this address:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2667673/?tool=pubmed

They actually listed twelve preventable risk factors. For some reason the

article I read did not list all of them.

Notably, high blood glucose, high LDL, low fruit and vegetable intake and low

PUFA intake were also listed. Perhaps more notable ..... low vitamin D

adequacy was NOT listed! Sigh! Based on what has been posted here in the past

couple of years about vitamin D, it is conceivable that inadequate vitamin D

status may account for more deaths than any of the other listed items! It is a

pity they had not included it.

Here is the full listing:

467,000 --- Tobacco

395,000 --- Blood pressure

216,000 --- Overweight

191,000

>

> Hi folks:

>

> I was taking a snoop at Jeff Novick's Facebook page and came across an

interesting post containing information I had not seen previously, quantifying

annual deaths in the US from preventable causes. The numbers were based on data

from 2005.

>

> In that year here are the number of deaths believed to have resulted from each

of the following causes, out of 2.5 million total deaths:

>

> 467,000 --- Tobacco smoking.

> 395,000 --- Hypertension.

> 216,000 --- Excessive body weight.

> 191,000 --- Inadequate exercise.

> 102,000 --- Excessive salt intake.

> 84,000 --- Low intake of beneficial fat from fish.

> 82,000 --- Intake of trans fatty acids.

> 64,000 --- Excessive alcohol intake.

>

> I found this interesting since only the body weight issue is directly related

to CR. So this list provides, at least for me, a helpful overview of the things

I really ought to be doing in addition to CR. On the question of alcohol, the

study found that, at least for the population as a whole the well known benefits

were outweighed by the disadvantages.

>

> Of course almost all of us here have long realized these are health issues.

And no doubt have adapted our lives accordingly. But it is nice to see numbers

attached to them to give some idea of their relative importance. For example, I

had not realized the fish fats EPA and DHA to be as significant as this study

has found.

>

> Source:

>

> " The preventable causes of death in the United States: comparative risk

assessment of dietary, lifestyle, and metabolic risk factors. "

>

> Danaei G, Ding EL, Mozaffarian D, B, Rehm J, Murray CJ, Ezzati M.

>

> PLoS Med. 2009 Apr 28;6(4):e1000058. Epub 2009 Apr 28.

>

> PMID: 19399161

>

> [Thanks Jeff!]

>

> Rodney.

>

[Guest guest]

Hmmm. I’m reminded once again of Andre’s post (#28712)

Or see: /message/28712)

and the subsequent short dialogue I had with you concerning the findings of that study. I felt like we weren’t really “connecting” when I mentioned blood glucose and you responded about methionine. Again I mention Dr Kenyon and her work on blood glucose and its relation to shorter or longer life. Of course her papers concern lower forms of life (unfotunately).

On 1/16/10 10:32 PM, " perspect1111 " <perspect1111@...> wrote:

Hi folks:

More on this. At the time of my previous post I had not taken a look at the full text of the paper. Now I have. Quickly. It can be found at this address:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2667673/?tool=pubmed

They actually listed twelve preventable risk factors. For some reason the article I read did not list all of them.

Notably, high blood glucose, high LDL, low fruit and vegetable intake and low PUFA intake were also listed. Perhaps more notable ..... low vitamin D adequacy was NOT listed! Sigh! Based on what has been posted here in the past couple of years about vitamin D, it is conceivable that inadequate vitamin D status may account for more deaths than any of the other listed items! It is a pity they had not included it.

Here is the full listing:

467,000 --- Tobacco

395,000 --- Blood pressure

216,000 --- Overweight

191,000

>

> Hi folks:

>

> I was taking a snoop at Jeff Novick's Facebook page and came across an interesting post containing information I had not seen previously, quantifying annual deaths in the US from preventable causes. The numbers were based on data from 2005.

>

> In that year here are the number of deaths believed to have resulted from each of the following causes, out of 2.5 million total deaths:

>

> 467,000 --- Tobacco smoking.

> 395,000 --- Hypertension.

> 216,000 --- Excessive body weight.

> 191,000 --- Inadequate exercise.

> 102,000 --- Excessive salt intake.

> 84,000 --- Low intake of beneficial fat from fish.

> 82,000 --- Intake of trans fatty acids.

> 64,000 --- Excessive alcohol intake.

>

> I found this interesting since only the body weight issue is directly related to CR. So this list provides, at least for me, a helpful overview of the things I really ought to be doing in addition to CR. On the question of alcohol, the study found that, at least for the population as a whole the well known benefits were outweighed by the disadvantages.

>

> Of course almost all of us here have long realized these are health issues. And no doubt have adapted our lives accordingly. But it is nice to see numbers attached to them to give some idea of their relative importance. For example, I had not realized the fish fats EPA and DHA to be as significant as this study has found.

>

> Source:

>

> " The preventable causes of death in the United States: comparative risk assessment of dietary, lifestyle, and metabolic risk factors. "

>

> Danaei G, Ding EL, Mozaffarian D, B, Rehm J, Murray CJ, Ezzati M.

>

> PLoS Med. 2009 Apr 28;6(4):e1000058. Epub 2009 Apr 28.

>

> PMID: 19399161

>

> [Thanks Jeff!]

>

> Rodney.

>

[Guest guest]

I am amazed that a preventable cause of death due to medical mistakes is not

included on Jeff's list. I've read that prescription errors kill many

people for starters.

[Guest guest]

Hi Francesca:

When you refer to Dr. Kenyon's work on blood glucose, do you have a reference or

two of papers on this that she has authored which especially impressed you?

IIRC, what was posted here was simply a rather vague statement asserting that

when she added pure sugar to her nemotodes they lived less long, and because of

that she now follows an Atkins Diet. I have not seen any papers detailing

carefully controlled studies which support such an approach. But of course that

does not mean there aren't any!

[Naturally, I do not advocate the inclusion of sugar in the diet. But I would

be interested to see a serious explanation of the evidence behind, and the logic

by which, she (apparently) advocates an Atkins diet.]

Or do I have my wires crossed on this? (It would not be the first time!)

Rodney.

> >> >

> >> > Hi folks:

> >> >

> >> > I was taking a snoop at Jeff Novick's Facebook page and came across an

> >> interesting post containing information I had not seen previously,

> >> quantifying annual deaths in the US from preventable causes. The numbers

> >> were based on data from 2005.

> >> >

> >> > In that year here are the number of deaths believed to have resulted from

> >> each of the following causes, out of 2.5 million total deaths:

> >> >

> >> > 467,000 --- Tobacco smoking.

> >> > 395,000 --- Hypertension.

> >> > 216,000 --- Excessive body weight.

> >> > 191,000 --- Inadequate exercise.

> >> > 102,000 --- Excessive salt intake.

> >> > 84,000 --- Low intake of beneficial fat from fish.

> >> > 82,000 --- Intake of trans fatty acids.

> >> > 64,000 --- Excessive alcohol intake.

> >> >

> >> > I found this interesting since only the body weight issue is directly

> >> related to CR. So this list provides, at least for me, a helpful overview

of

> >> the things I really ought to be doing in addition to CR. On the question

of

> >> alcohol, the study found that, at least for the population as a whole the

> >> well known benefits were outweighed by the disadvantages.

> >> >

> >> > Of course almost all of us here have long realized these are health

issues.

> >> And no doubt have adapted our lives accordingly. But it is nice to see

> >> numbers attached to them to give some idea of their relative importance.

For

> >> example, I had not realized the fish fats EPA and DHA to be as significant

as

> >> this study has found.

> >> >

> >> > Source:

> >> >

> >> > " The preventable causes of death in the United States: comparative risk

> >> assessment of dietary, lifestyle, and metabolic risk factors. "

> >> >

> >> > Danaei G, Ding EL, Mozaffarian D, B, Rehm J, Murray CJ, Ezzati M.

> >> >

> >> > PLoS Med. 2009 Apr 28;6(4):e1000058. Epub 2009 Apr 28.

> >> >

> >> > PMID: 19399161

> >> >

> >> > [Thanks Jeff!]

> >> >

> >> > Rodney.

> >> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

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