Indians among Over 2 billion people cannot afford healthy diet !
Over 2 billion people worldwide, mainly in South Asia and Africa, cannot afford wholesome food, as per the 2024 Global Food Policy Report.
Over 2 billion people cannot afford healthy diet, Indians among them: Report
According to the Global food policy report 2024 that was provided by the International Food Policy Research Institute, more than half of the global population cannot afford a healthy diet especially those from the South Asia and African region.
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Speaking at the event to launch the report in Kathmandu, Nepal, Dr Purima Menon, CGIAR and IFPRI’s Senior Director for Food and Nutrition stated that, ‘’micronutrient malnutrition affects 2 billion people, while over nutrition, comprising of being overweight or obesity or being obese is recorded to affect 2. 2 billion people, 40% of all adult populations, 1. 2 billion people
The report examines emerging risks associated with poor diet, undernutrition, and health of the planet. Today, undernutrition impedes development in many LMICs and lots of children suffer from vitamin deficiencies, for which improvements has been poor, and more so obesity and overweight have been increasing globally.
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Malnutrition in South Asia According to Dr Kishore the factors that hinder South Asians from eating right are low crop diversity, low per capita incomes, high relative prices of nutritious foods, under-developed markets and availability and promotion of high energy micronutrient poor processed foods.
The counselling recommendation is 400 grams of fruits and vegetables per day, only the Maldives and Nepal within the regional countries eat enough, Nepal nearly enough. Unfortunately, on this criterion, India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Pakistan fail to meet this standards he said, while reading the report.
Also, the analysis demonstrated that there was a rise in the intake of calorie-preservative and processed foods among the Indians and other South Asian countries such as chocolates and sugar confectioneries, salty snacks, beverages, ready-made and convenience foods and breakfast cereals.
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