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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 13 March 2017

Region: Malnutrition and Obesity – a challenge for Latin America’s agricultural policy

A new report from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) warns that over half of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean, or 360m people, are now overweight, while more than a fifth – 140m people – are obese.

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