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Obesity 'bigger killer than hunger'Obesity is a bigger health crisis globally than hunger, and the leading cause of disabilities around the world, according to a new report published in the British medical journal The Lancet. Nearly 500 researchers from 50 countrie More… |
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868 million people going hungry: UNOne out of every eight people in the world is chronically undernourished, the UN's food agencies said on Tuesday, warning that progress to reduce hunger has slowed since 2007/08 when high food prices sparked riots in severa More… |
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Coca-Cola extends million meals partnershipThe Coca-Cola Company said it has joined forces with the Regional Egyptian Food Banks to extend the '1 Million Meals Partnership' scheme launched during Ramadan to support “The Village Free from Hunger” program in Lebanon and More… |
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Half of Yemenis go hungry post-revolt: WFPNearly half of Yemenis go to bed hungry every night as political instability compounds a global food and fuel price surge, giving the Arabian Peninsula state the world's third-highest rate of child malnutrition, the World F More… |
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Global food crisis worsens says OxfamUK charity Oxfam, warning that food demand will have jumped by 70 percent by 2050, said soaring food prices and weather and financial shocks had aggravated the hunger crisis and that the global food economy was broken. 'The food system More… |
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UN office warns Africa against land dealsAfrican governments should avoid rushing into big land lease deals with foreign investors or risk deepening poverty and ramping up social tensions, an official at the UN's Food and Agriculture Office said. His comments f More… |
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Fight against hunger hit by economic crisis: UNEfforts to cut hunger worldwide have been undermined by the global economic crisis, a UN report showed. Reducing the number of hungry people is one of several Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set in 2000 that include halving extreme pov More… |
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Fight against hunger hit by economic crisis: UNEfforts to cut hunger worldwide have been undermined by the global economic crisis, a UN report showed. Reducing the number of hungry people is one of several Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set in 2000 that include halving extreme pov More… |
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Steps against malnutrition urgedThe 'double-burden' of malnutrition – obesity and under-nutrition – in the Mena region was under the spotlight at a recent global conference on improving nutrition in Dubai. “Simple, affordable solutions are available,” said Marc Van Ameri More… |
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Dubai joins global campaign against hungerThe International Humanitarian City (IHC), has announced the End Hunger: Walk the World initiative, in support of the World Food Program’s (WFP) School Feeding Program. Organised in collaboration with the UAE’s Red Crescent, ‘Walk the Worl More… |
