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Is it true that:" if you eat healthy diet + you exercise + hydration that equals 70% of diseases prevented"?
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Interesting factoid:: 1. Obesity (and/or physical inactivity) 2. Tobacco use 3. Alcohol (more than 3 drinks /day) 4. Drug use (THC included - see #2) are preventable /modifiable risk factors to the top five causes of death in the United States: 1. diseases of the heart, 2. cancer, 3. chronic lower respiratory diseases, 4. cerebrovascular diseases (stroke), 5. unintentional injuries.
Answered 1/5/2015
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