British doctors: in 2010, 400 thousand Americans die of heart failure
February 2, 2010 – 10:35 amIn 2010, about 400 thousand Americans will die from heart failure caused by the consumption habits of unhealthy food, smoking and carelessly to one’s health. That is the conclusion arrived at Liverpool University Officer Simon Seypvell (Simon Capewell) after conducting the appropriate studies.
“If the past 40 years in the U.S., the number of deaths caused by heart failure, decreased, then this disease are mainly the younger generation, “- said the scientist in his article published in the weekly World Health Organization (WHO).
” In recent decades, doctors recorded a moderate level of cholesterol in the blood of Americans Today, women have elevated blood pressure, and increases the number of people suffering from obesity and diabetes, “- says the publication.
According to scientists, about 200 thousand deaths could be prevented, if we make the citizens to stop smoking and unhealthy food.
At the moment two-thirds of adults and a third of U.S. children are overweight or obese, which exacerbates the chronic and heart disease.
According to the expert of the Geneva Branch of the WHO, the negative trend affecting not only Americans, but also other nations. If excess weight is seen in a million inhabitants of the earth, then, if no action is taken, by 2010 this figure could grow to 1.5 billion people.
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