Public Health Nutrition · 18 authors, 9 centres
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This study used data from the Global Burden of Disease 2019 to estimate the global disease burden from a low-fibre diet. The global age-standardised mortality rate from a diet low in fibre declined from 1990 to 2019, but the burden increased in some regions like Southern and Central sub-Saharan Africa.
The study analysed mortality, disability-adjusted life-years, and years lived with disability for ischemic heart disease, stroke, colorectal cancer, and diabetes mellitus attributable to a diet low in fibre across 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019, using data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. However, the age-standardised mortality rate increased in Southern sub-Saharan Africa (from 4.07 to 4.60) and Central sub-Saharan Africa (from 7.46 to 9.34). The burden of disease attributable to diabetes mellitus increased in Central Asia, Southern sub-Saharan Africa, and Eastern Europe. The findings suggest a need for targeted interventions to increase dietary fibre consumption in regions with an increasing disease burden.
