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Our actions are our future - Healthy diets for a #ZEROHUNGER world

Year of publication 2019

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 12p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Booklet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) For decades, the world was making progress in the fight against hunger. Now, the number of undernourished people is on the rise again. More than 800 million people, or roughly one in nine people, are going hungry. But food security in our times isn’t only a matter of quantity, it’s also a question of quality. Unhealthy diets have now become a leading cause of disease and death worldwide. There is an urgent need to make healthy and sustainable diets affordable and accessible to everyone.

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