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David K. Cundiff's avatar

In my analysis, Kenya has one of the world's lowest rates of early deaths of noncommunicable diseases (ages 15-69 years old, e.g., heart, lung, kidney, liver diseases, cancers, etc). By comparison, the US has about 1190 early deaths of noncommunicable diseases/year compared with Kenya 958/100k/year

Twenty countries

with NCDs of

<1070.2 deaths

/100,000/year and

animal foods of

<400 cal/d, n=416 cohorts,

means m/f NCDs Non-cancer Cancer

NCDs NCDs Animal foods Healthy sodium Smoking

plant foods prevalence

Kenya 958/100k/year 579/100k/year 152/100k/year 150 cal/d 297 cal/d 2.06 g/day 12%

The EAT-Lancet Commission’s Planetary Health Diet Compared With the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Global Burden of Disease Ecological Data Analysis

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10325883/

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Nomad Yvonne's avatar

Yes, and this is why its important to highlight these indigenous vegetables that are easy to grow and prepare. There medicinal benefits are also remarkable. Thanks for linking the article

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