Adult Obesity and Diet

Abstract

We are what we eat. Although rather clichéd, the level of fat in the diet of a population does directly mirror the incidence of heart disease and there are many other dietary factors which have both direct and indirect links with disease. For example, excess ingestion of salt is associated with high blood pressure; low roughage diets are associated with bowel cancer; ingestion of infected beef causes Creutzfeldt—Jakob disease; eggs may carry salmonella and some food additives have been associated with hyperactivity.