At the International Conference on Nutrition meeting in Rome, senior officials from 170 nations “made a number of concrete commitments and adopted a series of recommendations on policies and investments aimed at ensuring that all people have access to healthier and more sustainable diets,” says the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. The “framework for action” sets targets for results by 2025 to improve maternal and child health and to reduce nutrition-related risks of diabetes, heart disease and cancer. “Governments are called upon to promote nutrition-enhancing agriculture, by integrating nutrition objectives into the design and implementation of agricultural programmes, ensure food security and enable healthy diets,” says an FAO statement.
FAO says 800 million people are hungry in the world and 2 billion people are affect by micronutrient deficiencies, such as not enough vitamins or minerals. When obesity is counted, half of the world population is affected by some form of malnutrition, says FAO.