Estimating the global and regional burden of suboptimal nutrition on chronic disease: methods and inputs to the analysis

Global burdens of cardiovascular disease (CVD), diabetes and cancer are on the rise. Little quantitative data are available on the global impact of diet on these conditions. The objective of this study was to develop systematic and comparable methods to quantitatively assess the impact of suboptimal dietary habits on CVD, diabetes and cancer burdens globally and in 21 world regions.Using a comparative risk assessment framework, we developed...