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ON THE COVER: 852 million people in the world go hungry
each day while close to 1.7 billion receive far too much to eat
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Economics of the Obesity Epidemic
Obesity has grown to such enormous proportions that professionals are calling it an epidemic. But when we learn that in 2000, 64% of American adults were overweight and 30% were classified as obese, all the jokes about eating ourselves into oblivion and the Mid- West sinking into the Earth’s core begin to lose their humor.More>> |
Food Security in Southern Africa
Every day, 799 million people in developing countries – 18% of the world’s population – do not have enough to eat. In the hardest hit regions of the world, malnutrition has reached pandemic proportions, rendering it nearly as lethal and devastating as AIDS. More>> |
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