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Conflicts and weather patterns strain food security

High levels of food insecurity persist in the world, due largely to conflicts and to adverse climatic shocks that are taking a toll, particularly in East African and Near East countries, where large numbers of people continue to be in need of humanitarian assistance, a new FAO report notes.

Overweight affects almost half the population of all countries in Latin America and the Caribbean except for Haiti

While hunger and malnutrition have fallen, overweight and obesity have greatly increased, especially among women and children.

Food gap widens in conflict-stricken South Sudan

Civil strife and unfavourable rains have further reduced crop production in South Sudan, contributing to a cereal deficit of 381,000 tonnes -53 percent greater than in 2015 -and aggravating the already severe food shortages, two UN agencies warned today.
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