The boom of overweight and obesity everywhere in the world is probably the most striking ongoing change within the evolution of the global state of food. It goes with a rapid increase of non-communicable diseases arising from overconsumption of food, and it generates exorbitant costs.
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July 2019 – Facts and figures on world malnutrition – While hunger increases, overweight and obesity also increase even at a faster rate! While hunger increases, overweight and obesity also increase even at a faster rate! Unless policies followed by countries change, the world food situation will continue to deteriorate, with its huge cost in terms of human lives and suffering. [read]
Septembre 2018 – Facts and figures on world malnutrition World malnutrition continues to rise: the number of undernourished people is still on the increase and overeating, with its corollaries, overweight and obesity, progress everywhere in the world. [read]
10 October 2017 – $1.2 trillion annually, is the estimated cost of obesity by 2025, unless proper action is taken – Wednesday 11 October will be the third World Obesity Day. [read]
21 May 2015 – Reducing sugar consumption, overweight and related diseases – A comprehensive approach that influences the availability of sugar, its price, our perception of sugar and of its substitutes, as well as our awareness of the presence of sugar in the food that we consume, will help reduce its consumption. [read]