#foodinsecurity

mlansbury@despora.de

UK children shorter, fatter and sicker amid poor diet and poverty, report finds

Children across the UK are getting shorter, fatter and sicker amid an #epidemic of poor diets, food insecurity and poverty, according to a report warning that millions are facing a “timebomb” of avoidable health conditions.

The average height of five-year-olds is falling, obesity levels have increased by almost a third and the number of young people being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes has risen by more than a fifth, the report by the Food Foundation said.

Aggressive marketing of cheap ultra-processed food, diets lacking essential nutrition and high levels of poverty and deprivation are driving the “significant decline” in children’s health, researchers found.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/19/uk-children-shorter-fatter-and-sicker-amid-poor-diet-and-poverty-report-finds

#ToryScum #ToryCorruption #CapitalismFails #poverty #food #FoodInsecurity #children #UK #UnitedKingdom #nutrition

faab64@diasp.org

Africans Face Multiple Disease Outbreaks Amid Food Insecurity

In the Horn of #Africa, disease outbreaks include #measles, #malaria, #dengue, and acute watery #diarrhea.

The World Health Organization (#WHO) has warned over multiple #disease #outbreaks that are ongoing in the Horn of Africa region as countries in the region face serious #FoodInsecurity.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Africans-Face-Multiple-Disease-Outbreaks-Amid-Food-Insecurity-20230223-0003.html

faab64@diasp.org

If the USA’s pets were a country they would be the fifth largest meat consuming country in the world.

This makes me sad. I love animals, specially dogs, but we have got to a point that most people care far more for animals than starving children.

And all those meat are generated from grains that could feed the 100s of millions starving every day.

#Capitalism #Hunger #Pets #FoodInsecurity #Economy #Politics #Meat