Diet is vital in reducing deaths, warn experts

PEOPLE must eat more fruit and vegetables, cut down on fats and exercise daily to avoid diseases that kill more than 30 million annually, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned yesterday.

The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the WHO yesterday launched a report on diet that aims to reduce killer diseases.

In 2001, chronic diseases caused 59% of the 56.5 million deaths worldwide and they accounted for 46% of global illnesses.