The economic burden of inadequate consumption of vegetables and fruit in Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Public health decision makers not only consider health benefits but also economic implications when articulating and issuing lifestyle recommendations. Whereas various estimates exist for the economic burden of physical inactivity, excess body weight and smoking, estimates of the economic burden associated with our diet are rare. In the present study, we estimated the economic burden attributable to the inadequate consumption of vegetables and fruit in Canada.

Design

We accessed the Canadian Community Health Survey to assess the inadequacy in the consumption of vegetables and fruit and published meta-analyses to assemble risk estimates for chronic diseases. Based on these inadequacy and risk estimates, we calculated the population-attributable fraction and avoidabl

SUBMITTER: Ekwaru JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5426323 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature