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Rising healthcare costs aren't factored into food prices

As context, by 2018 the USA will spend $344 billion - more than 21% of health care spending – on treating obesity.





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1. Challenges for global diet & nutrition
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Rising healthcare costs aren't factored into food prices
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21% of healthcare spend now on obesity-related diseases
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Nutrition-related diseases are chronic and expensive
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1 billion people are overweight and 0.5 billion people are obese
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What is a good price for food?
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Existing systems are already under severe pressure
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Food policy governance is weak systemically
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Large-scale malnutrition in developing and developed countries
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Population growth, urbanization & climate change determined already
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