More than one in three cases of disease and injury this year could have been avoided, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare findsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBeing 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”.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/dec/12/being-overweight-australia-top-health-risk-smoking-decline-2024-data
Author : Natasha May Health reporter
Publish date : 2024-12-11 23:07:18
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Being overweight now top risk to Australians’ health as smoking rates decline, data shows
