Impact of dietary risks on burden of noncommunicable diseases in Ethiopia
- Globally, dietary risks were the third leading contributors of death and ill-health due to major noncommunicable diseases (cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and cancers) in 2019, next to high blood pressure and tobacco use.
- In 2019, nearly 8 million deaths and over 187 million healthy life years lose occurred due to NCDs attributable to dietary risks worldwide.
- Reliable and up to date data on dietary risk factors of NCDs is important to monitor and evaluate NCDs prevention and control strategies in Ethiopia.
- Therefore, the aim of the current study was to estimate the national and subnational burden of NCDs attributable to 15 dietary risks in Ethiopia using the Global Burdens of Disease (GBD) 2021 study results.