January 28, 2018.
This is a study that will not go unnoticed. Conducted by forty experts from 14 countries, a report establishes a correlation between climate change, undernourishment and obesity. He also denounces those responsible for this situation and proposes solutions.
A link exists between climate change, undernourishment and obesity
According to a large study that was published in January 2019, in the British journal The Lancet, there is indeed a link between climate change, undernourishment and obesity. This conclusion is affirmed in this report resulting from work carried out by 43 experts from the University of Auckland (New Zealand), George Washington University (United States) and the NGO World Obesity Federation who affirm that “ these three phenomena interact “.
Experts explain how climate change, at the origin of droughts, leads to a decrease in the production of fruits and vegetables, causing undernourishment or consumption of industrial food, and therefore many cases of obesity. ” Over the past 20 years, obesity, undernutrition and climate change have been considered separately and the slowness of policy responses is unacceptable ”. Another problem raised by scientists, this food system generates, especially with the breeding of cattle “25 to 30% of greenhouse gas emissions. “.
Supervising the food giants
Whose fault is it ? According to scientists, there is an urgent need tosupervise the giants of the food industry, as has been done before for tobacco companies. ” They propose the creation of a Framework Convention on Food Systems, modeled on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (CCLA) »We read in the columns of Franceinfo.
Today in the world, 1.9 billion people are overweight while 462 million are thin. It is therefore urgent to act and put in place common solutions to fight against these three evils which are climate change, undernourishment and obesity.
Perrine Deurot-Bien
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