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Five ways to reboot the global food economy to make it healthier for all
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2408" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/five-ways-to-reboot-the-global-food-economy-to-make-it-healthier-for-all-143704" target="_blank"><strong>Five ways to reboot the global food economy to make it healthier for all - The Conversation</strong></a></p><p></p><p>COVID-19 has shown how damaging ill-health <a href="https://theconversation.com/economic-effects-of-coronavirus-lockdowns-are-staggering-but-health-recovery-must-be-prioritised-135341" target="_blank">can be for the economy</a>. But it has also shown how measures that benefit health (lockdowns) can be seen as bad economic prosperity. A similar paradox is at the heart of promoting better diets.</p><p></p><p>Poor diet is the world’s leading cause of ill-health. Malnutrition – from undernutrition to obesity – affects at least <a href="https://globalnutritionreport.org/reports/2015-global-nutrition-report/" target="_blank">one-third of the global population</a>. It’s an issue of inequality, too: diet-related challenges disproportionately affect poorer people, <a href="https://globalnutritionreport.org/reports/global-nutrition-report-2018/" target="_blank">making the economic challenge even greater</a>.</p><p>bettt</p><p>Poor nutrition also costs businesses dearly. A <a href="https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/business-case-investment-nutrition-wellesley-et-al" target="_blank">recent report</a> by research institute Chatham House estimates that businesses around the world lose as much as US$38 billion (£29 billion) a year from undernutrition and obesity among their workforce. Nevertheless, when governments attempt to take unhealthy foods out of the spotlight and place more nutritious foods centre stage, they typically rub up against economic arguments that any regulation will hurt business.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2408, member: 1"] [URL='https://theconversation.com/five-ways-to-reboot-the-global-food-economy-to-make-it-healthier-for-all-143704'][B]Five ways to reboot the global food economy to make it healthier for all - The Conversation[/B][/URL] COVID-19 has shown how damaging ill-health [URL='https://theconversation.com/economic-effects-of-coronavirus-lockdowns-are-staggering-but-health-recovery-must-be-prioritised-135341']can be for the economy[/URL]. But it has also shown how measures that benefit health (lockdowns) can be seen as bad economic prosperity. A similar paradox is at the heart of promoting better diets. Poor diet is the world’s leading cause of ill-health. Malnutrition – from undernutrition to obesity – affects at least [URL='https://globalnutritionreport.org/reports/2015-global-nutrition-report/']one-third of the global population[/URL]. It’s an issue of inequality, too: diet-related challenges disproportionately affect poorer people, [URL='https://globalnutritionreport.org/reports/global-nutrition-report-2018/']making the economic challenge even greater[/URL]. bettt Poor nutrition also costs businesses dearly. A [URL='https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/business-case-investment-nutrition-wellesley-et-al']recent report[/URL] by research institute Chatham House estimates that businesses around the world lose as much as US$38 billion (£29 billion) a year from undernutrition and obesity among their workforce. Nevertheless, when governments attempt to take unhealthy foods out of the spotlight and place more nutritious foods centre stage, they typically rub up against economic arguments that any regulation will hurt business. [/QUOTE]
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