Those countries which supply the best

The ranking of countries where people are eating healthy food in the world was established by researchers at Cambridge University, and published in the Lancet Global Health of the newspaper.

The scientists used national data for nearly 90% of the world population over 20 years. Establishing three diets. The first consisted of 10 healthy foods (fruit, vegetables, nuts, legumes, cereals, milk, polyunsaturated fatty acids, fish, omega 3, fibers).

The 2nd with 7 "unhealthy" foods (raw meat, cooked meat, sodas, saturated fats, vegetable oils, cholesterol, sodium).

The 3rd combining the healthy and unhealthy food of the other 2 groups.

Countries with the most healthy products consumed are, in order: Chad, Sierra Leone, Mali, Gambia, Uganda, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Israel and Somalia.

Countries with the most unhealthy products consumed are: Armenia, Hungary, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Argentina, Turkmenistan, Mongolia and Slovakia.

The study found that developed countries (USA, Canada, Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand) consume both healthy food and unhealthy foods. Older people ate better than the youth and women better than men.

source : lesoir be, afrik, newseveryday com, telegraph co uk