The right to an adequate diet: the agriculture-food-health nexus 2012, para. 10
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- The health impacts of bad diets are well known. Diets rich in salt and alcohol, combined with a lack of exercise, often result in higher blood pressure, which in turn increases the risks of stroke, heart disease and kidney failure. About 51 per cent of strokes worldwide and 45 per cent of ischaemic heart diseases are attributable to high blood pressure, which affects particularly middle-income European and African countries. Diets high in saturated fats and physical inactivity can increase cholesterol levels, also a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and responsible for 2.6 million deaths each year. Changed diets and lack of physical exercise may cause resistance to insulin or otherwise increase blood glucose, which is responsible for 6 per cent of deaths globally, as this exposes the individuals affected to diabetes, heart disease or stroke. A predisposition to diabetes could be caused by infant formulas that are much higher in advanced glycation end than milk. Finally, unhealthy diets increase the risks of cancers of the breast, colon, prostate and other organs. Low intake of fruits and vegetables, for instance, increases the risks not only of cardiovascular diseases, but also that of gastrointestinal cancers.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right to food
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Food, Report to the HRC (2012), A/HRC/19/59, para. 10.
- Paragraph number
- 10
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