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UN talks seek to fix ‘broken’ food system

A three-day United Nations summit opened in Rome on Monday aimed at tackling a “broken” global food system where millions are starving, two billion are overweight or obese and the planet is suffering.

The food systems summit comes amid growing food insecurity around the world, with UN agencies warning of an increasing number of people suffering from chronic hunger.

“In a world of plenty, it is outrageous that people continue to suffer and die from hunger,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said at the opening of the meeting.

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“Global food systems are broken — and billions of people are paying the price.”

More than 780 million people go hungry around the globe, even as nearly one-third of the world’s food is wasted or lost, he said.

And while 462 million people are underweight, two billion are overweight or obese, he added.

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