nutrition

Fruit and vegetables farmers' market in Budapest, Hungary. (file)
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Poor diets threaten health more than malaria, tuberculosis, measles – new UN report

7 November 2018
Health

With one-in-five deaths associated with poor-quality diets, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) issued a co-authored report on Wednesday, urging policymakers to reduce food loss and waste, to improve access to nutritious and healthy food.

Fries with cheese. According to a new WHO study there are 17 million deaths every year caused by cardiovascular diseases.
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‘Bad’ fats targeted in new global health guidelines

4 May 2018
Health

People everywhere need to cut down on their consumption of artery-clogging fatty foods, the World Health Organization (WHO) is urging, in a new report released on Friday.