Anytime something is “worst than genocide”... it’s most certainly crap (re: Global Warming more dangerous than ISIS). Yep, this “report” raises my BEEE EEESSS meter past max! I’m always amazed (though less and less)... by the number of people (most always of leftist bent) who achieve pleasure by denying others theirs.
According to the CDC in 2013 611,105 died from it in a single year.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm
Now let's compare the above number to say the different wars. The Civil War had the most dead, 625k, but that was over a 4 year period. The 611k was a single year.
http://www.statisticbrain.com/u-s-war-death-statistics/
So you have to ask yourself what is the major contributor to the heart disease. It's our food.