World hunger worsening as coronavirus weighs and obesity rises: UN

ROME - Nearly one in nine people in the world are going hungry, with the coronavirus pandemic exacerbating already worsening trends this year, according to a United Nations report published Monday.

Not only did people need enough food, but nutritious food, the study said, citing costly "health and environmental consequences" of sub-par diets. That number rose by 10 million people in just one year to 2019, and by 60 million in the past five years, found the study, which said eradicating hunger by 2030 - a goal set five years ago - will be impossible if trends continue.

Last year, the report estimated that over 820 million people were going hungry, but estimates were recalculated following revised data from China for prior years.When measuring both moderate and severe food insecurity in 2019, the number balloons from 690 million to 2 billion people without "regular access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food".

Trends in Latin America and the Caribbean are worsening, with 9 million more hungry people last year than in 2015. "A key reason why millions of people around the world suffer from hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition is because they cannot afford the cost of healthy diets," found the report. Current patterns in food consumption are estimated to result in health costs of over $1.3 trillion per year by 2030.

this will just get worse. thanks to the pandemic. democracy is destroyed.

Pero may dalawang motor.

Wala po ba tayong datos kung ilan na ang mga namatay sa gutom bugso ng pandemyang ito?

Wala pang namamatay sa gutom..

isayaw n nga lng daw sabi ni Roque..at matira matibay kawawang juan

filipinos do not die of covid-19; they die of being...

Di kayo maririnig ni Dutae la syang paki wala nmn daw ipapasara senyo..!!! 🤪🤪🤪🤪

The Prophecy. The end is near

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