Health & Medicine Third of early deaths preventable by cutting out meat

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At least one-third of early deaths could be prevented if everyone moved to a vegetarian diet, Harvard scientists have calculated.

Dr Walter Willett, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at Harvard Medical School said the benefits of a plant-based diet had been vastly underestimated.

More: Third of early deaths could be prevented by everyone giving up meat, Harvard says (26. April 2018)

The article goes on to say that translates to 200,000 lives that could be saved per year in the UK alone.