Junk food, alcohol, cigarettes, couch potato lifestyle risk British people's health: study

A new study conducted by British researchers suggested that junk food, alcohol, cigarette and couch potato lifestyles have become the leading cause of death and ill-health in the country.

The study by Public Health England found life expectancy rose between 1990 and 2013. But over the same period, the burden of disability barely changed due to impacts of chronic diseases.

Analysis shows that while death rates from diabetes fell by 56 percent, the number of years lost to disability and illness linked to the condition rose by 75 percent over the same period.

The researchers also found that the number of deaths from alcohol-related disease has increased significantly. The figures for England, which tracks the impact of disease since 1990, show a 57 percent rise in liver cancer deaths and a 42 percent increase in deaths from cirrhosis.

By Ruchi Singh

Park Sae-jin swatchsjp@ajunews.com

Junk food, alcohol, cigarettes, couch potato lifestyle risk British people's health: study

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