Poor food ‘risks health of half the world’ (BBC News)

BBC News published an article featuring the recent Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition report, Food systems and diets: Facing the challenges of the 21st century. The article quotes IFPRI Researcher Lawrence Haddad highlighting Guatemala, where more than 40% children have stunted growth. He said, “‘[p]eople on higher incomes have better food and very low rates of stunting. Low income groups eat a diet based on maize (corn), but they don’t get enough vegetables, fruit, dairy food or protein such as that found in chicken.’”