#Investments in biofortified orange-fleshed #sweetpotato development & delivery have the potential to further reduce the burden of #vitaminA deficiency, esp. in Sub-Saharan Africa: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.102300 #Africa #DALYs #biofortification #plantbreeding #nutrition

Plant-based #diets have been linked to health benefits. In #France no differences found regarding the prevalences of deficiency risk. Shifting to a #plantbased diet would benefit public #health, with 130,000 Disability-Adjusted Life Years (#DALYs) averted: https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2023091437

In 2019, #nutrition deficiencies affected 435 million #children, causing 105,000 #deaths and the loss of 26 million disability-adjusted life years (#DALYs). Childhood #undernutrition remains a major public #health burden in poorer countries: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2024.06.027

#dataviz Leading causes of morbidity and mortality - visualized using packed circles. Circle size (area) corresponds to #DALYs.
Data: @ourworldindata @ourworldindata.org

Code: https://tinyurl.com/gbd-2021
Tools: Inspired from Yan Holtz's R Graph Gallery; {packcircles} #rstats

Major US Study Confirms a New #1 Cause of Disease Worldwide
https://www.sciencealert.com/major-us-study-confirms-a-new-1-cause-of-disease-worldwide #health #disease #NervousSystem #DALYs #stroke #WHO #NeonatalEncephalopathy

(2/2) More #sustainable diets lead to positive #health impacts. In #Denmark 22,900 disability-adjusted life years could be saved per year. Similar #health benefits are expected across Europe. Decision-makers should recommend #plantbased diets: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad160.304 #DALYs

(2/2) EU: Substitution of #beef consumption by #pulses, an alternative #plantbased protein source, will lead to overall positive health & #sustainability impacts: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad160.347 #protein #DALYs #health #nutrition

Measuring the burden of #disease with disability-adjusted life-years (#DALYs) requires #disability weights that quantify #health losses. Differences btwn global & Chinese weights suggest contextual or #culture factors affect assessments of diseases: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12963-023-00304-y

@OpenSexism Wow! So impactful! I wonder what the situation is in other countries like the UK.
#womenshealth #DALYs #diseaseburden #health #healthresearch

Disability-Adjusted Life Years (#DALYs) capture #mortality & #morbidity from disease via Years of Life Lost & Years of Life lived with Disability. Understanding drivers of both can tell researchers if e.g. detailed #disability weights are needed: https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czad017 #health