'Radical rethink' needed to tackle obesity, hunger, climate: report

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Nearly a billion people are hungry and another two billion are eating too much of the wrong foods, causing epidemics of obesity, heart disease and diabetes.

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Hunger and Obesity in one line?

Why am I offended by this picture though...?

Many obese people are malnourished due to eating food that is affordable rather than healthy - and yet every day, tons of healthy food is dumped at waste sites. There is enough good food for all, it is just not accessible for all.

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