3 billion people cannot afford a healthy diet
3 billion people cannot afford a healthy diet Today 06:10 am JST Today | 07:02 am JST MEDFORD, Ma The COVID-19 pandemic has caused price spikes for corn, milk, beans and other commodities, but even before the pandemic about 3 billion people could not afford even the cheapest options for a healthy diet. Recent analysis of global food price data reveals that as of 2017, the latest available year, around 40% of the world’s population was already forced to consume poor-quality diets by a combination of high food prices and low incomes. When healthy items are unaffordable, it ...
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