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Half the world is hungry, malnourished or overweight


“Our food systems are making people sick,” warned Olivier De Schutter, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, on Tuesday.“One in seven people globally are undernourished,and many more suffer from the 'hidden hunger' of micronutrient deficiency,while 1.3 billion are overweight or obese.”also see: full reporthttp://www.srfood.org/images/stories/pdf/officialreports/20120306_nutrit...Olivier de Schutter, Five Ways to Tackle Disastrous Diets, March 6, 2012, Genevahttp://www.srfood.org/index.php/en/component/content/article/1-latest-ne...

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