Attributable risk analysis reveals potential healthcare savings from increased consumption of dairy products.

ABSTRACT: With rising burdens of obesity and chronic disease, the role of diet as a modifiable risk factor is of increasing public health interest. There is a growing body of evidence that low consumption of dairy products is associated with elevated risk of chronic metabolic and cardiovascular disorders. Surveys also suggest that dairy product consumption falls well below recommended targets for much of the population in many countries, including the USA, UK, and Australia. We reviewed the scientific literature on the health effects of dairy product consumption (both positive and negative) and used the best available evidence to estimate the direct healthcare expenditure and burden of disease [disability-adjusted life years (DALY)] attributable to low consumption of dairy products in Australia. We

SUBMITTER: Doidge JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3417836 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature