By AFP More by this AuthorRome,Nearly one in nine people in the world are going hungry, with the coronavirus pandemic exacerbating already worsening trends this year, according to a United Nations report published Monday. Not only did people need enough food, but nutritious food, the study said, citing costly "health and environmental consequences" of sub-par diets. By 2030, over 890 million people could be affected by hunger, or 9.8 per cent of the world's population, it estimated. Trends in Latin America and the Caribbean are worsening, with 9 million more hungry people last year than in 2015. "A key reason why millions of people around the world suffer from hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition is because they cannot afford the cost of healthy diets," found the report.

Source: Daily Nation July 13, 2020 15:22 UTC