Being overweight now top risk to Australians’ health as smoking rates decline, data shows
by Natasha May Health reporter from World news | The Guardian on (#6SW6R)
More than one in three cases of disease and injury this year could have been avoided, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare finds
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Being overweight has overtaken tobacco smoking as the leading risk factor contributing to disease in 2024, new government data shows.
The Australian Burden of Disease Study 2024, released on Thursday by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, estimates that Australians lost 5.8m years of healthy life due to living with illness and injury, or dying prematurely. This loss of healthy life is called the burden of disease".
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