The problem in the world today is not only hunger but also malnutrition. 800 million people are estimated to suffer from hunger, not enough feed 2 billion and 2 billion more are overweight.
Financial difficulties push people who do not have the possibility of a regular consumption of vegetables and fruit to an excessive use of fats and carbohydrates. Compared with people who have normal weight, those who normally eat a lot of calories and little nutritional value, thus adding no control kilos in the body, they are much more vulnerable to diseases such as diabetes and concerns in the circulatory system or blood various types of cancer.
The World Health Organization has concluded that nowadays, overweight and obesity cause more deaths than starvation. The figures provided by it show that 2.5 million people worldwide die each year due to obesity. Countries like China or Mexico, who managed to cut through continuous efforts the level of hunger, faced recently with the addition of overweight people.
According to experts, this is not an unusual phenomenon for countries where the method of feeding is moving towards consumption of processed foods and more nutritious. They cite illustrative case of the Philippines, where instant noodles purchased mainly by the poor because they are cheaper than domestic rice, while larger values of food has definitely the latter.
Low nutritional values have become a matter of so-called "silent hunger", which affects about 2 billion people around the globe. Specialists note that the consequences of eating poorly are too high, especially for the young, as a lack of nutrients in childhood has lifelong consequences. Sick body more quickly and does not develop properly, the damage was not recovered even if later these children, now adults, will be fed better.
