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Progress towards healthy diets remains slow

Nature Food volume 4, pages 937–938 (2023)Cite this article

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A global assessment of agricultural production reveals a surplus or deficit of food compared to requirements for a healthy diet in many regions, flagging opportunities to reduce the coexistence of undernutrition and obesity.

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