Diet

NY Times: Our Food Is Killing Too Many of Us - Improving American nutrition would make the biggest impact on our health care. By Dariush Mozaffarian and Dan Glickman

Poor diet is the leading cause of mortality in the United States, causing more than half a million deaths per year. Just 10 dietary factors are estimated to cause nearly 1,000 deaths every day from heart disease, stroke and diabetes alone. These conditions are dizzyingly expensive.