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  A   Deaths
          Global                Central Asia       Eastern Europe              East Asia             North Africa and       Central Europe       Oceania        Southeast Asia
                                                                                                        Middle East
           22%                      38%                   32%                     30%                       27%                   27%              25%              22%
        South Asia               Caribbean          Cantral Latin          Southern Latin              High-income           Tropical Latin   Western Europe Andean Latin America
                                                       America                 America                North America             America
            19%                     18%                   18%                     18%                       18%                    17%             15%               15%
      High-income               Australasia      Central sub-Saharan     Eastern sub-Saharan       Western sub-Saharan   Southern sub-Saharan
       Asia Pacific                                     Africa                  Africa                     Africa                Africa
            15%                     15%                   15%                     14%                       13%                    13%
  B   DALYs
          Global                Central Asia           Oceania                 East Asia              Eastern Europe       North Africa and   Southeast Asia    Central Europe
                                                                                                                              Middle East
           15%                      26%                   22%                     21%                        20%                   18%              17%              16%
        South Asia               Caribbean          Central Latin          Southern Latin              Tropical Latin     Central sub-Saharan  High-income   Andean Latin America
                                                       America                 America                    America                Africa       North America
           15%                      13%                   12%                     12%                       11%                    11%              11%              10%
   Eastern sub-Saharan         High-income      Western sub-Saharan        Western Europe          Southern sub-Saharan        Australasia
          Africa                Asia Pacific            Africa                                             Africa
           10%                       9%                    9%                      9%                       8%                     8%
      Low fruit          Low whole grains     High processed meat                  Low omega-3        High sodium
      Low vegetables     Low nuts and seeds   High sugar-sweetened beverages       Low PUFA
      Low legumes        High red meat        Low calcium                          High trans fats
Figure 4: Age-standardised proportions of deaths and DALYs attributable to individual dietary risks at the global and regional level in 2017
DALYs=disability-adjusted life-years.
The lowest burden of exposure to dietary risk was                                for cardiovascular disease (311 [288–335] deaths per
observed in high SDI countries (139 [129–148] deaths                             100 000 population and 6685 [6228–7161] DALYs per
per 100 000 population and 3032 [2802–3265] DALYs per                            100 000 population) and diabetes (14 [10–18] deaths
100 000 population). Low-middle SDI had the highest                              per 100 000 population and 681 [477–914] DALYs per
age-standardised rates of diet-related deaths and DALYs                          100 000 population). High-middle SDI had the highest
www.thelancet.com Published online April 3, 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)30041-8                                                                                 9