Diet is the Number One Cause of Death in America

Lisa Manzer
3 min readJun 26, 2021

And big pharma is loving it…

According to the World Health Organization, the US is ranked as one of the highest with risks of death due to chronic disease (aka, poor diet, and a sedentary lifestyle).

Can’t find the US on the chart below?

That is because you are not scrolling down far enough.

Yup, keep scrolling,

a little more…

a little more…

We are all the way down at #34.

Why do you think that is?

Diet and exercise!

or should I say poor diet and lack of exercise?

Referenced from Americas Health Rankings (2019)

Rank Country Risk of death from non-communicable disease[2]

1 South Korea 8.3%

2 Switzerland 8.7%

3 Japan 8.8%

4 Australia 8.9%

5 Sweden 9.1%

6 Italy 9.4%

7 Israel 9.5%

8 Norway 9.6%

9 Luxembourg 9.7%

10 Canada 9.8%

11 Spain 10.0%

12 Singapore 10.1%

13 Finland 10.1%

14 Ireland 10.3%

15 New Zealand 10.4%

16 Malta 10.5%

17 France 10.9%

18 Netherlands 11.0%

19 United Kingdom 11.0%

20 Costa Rica 11.1%

21 Austria 11.2%

22 Portugal 11.3%

23 Chile 11.5%

24 Cyprus 11.5%

25 Denmark 11.6%

26 Belgium 11.6%

27 Germany 12.0%

28 Greece 12.3%

29 Maldives 12.4%

30 Brunei 12.6%

31 Peru 12.7%

32 Ecuador 13.1%

33 Slovenia 13.2%

34 United States 13.6%

Lisa Manzer

👩‍⚕️Retired RN 🌪 Disparager of Big Food, Big Pharma, and Big Government ☠ Learning from my past, enjoying today, and preparing for tomorrow.