Almost half of humanity is eating too much or too little, report says
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London — A global survey of human diets has found that almost half of the people on Earth are either underfed or overfed, and our choice of nutrition has serious implications not only for our own health, but the health of the planet.
The 2021Global Nutrition Report, an independent survey conducted annually since 2013, estimates that about half of the global population is either underweight, overweight or obese. The data show that a quarter of all deaths among adults are attributable to poor diet, and that the world is not on track to meet five out of six global nutrition targets set by the World Health Organization.
Our eating habits are doing tremendous damage to the environment as well, according to the report. Food production currently generates more than a third of all greenhouse gas emissions globally, and meat-heavy diets are responsible for the lion's share of those emissions.
