Thirty-year failure to tackle preventable disease fuelling global Covid pandemic

Study reveals increase in high blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar and obesity, all risk factors for diseaseThe failure of governments to tackle a three-decade rise in preventable diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes has fuelled the Covid-19 pandemic and is stalling life expectancy around the world, a comprehensive study has found.The latest data from the Global Burden of Disease study,published in the Lancet medical journal, is from 2019, before Covid, but helps explain the world ’s vulnerability to the virus.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 15, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Sarah Boseley Health editor Tags: Health Life expectancy Coronavirus Society World news Diabetes Obesity High blood pressure Research Science UK news Source Type: news