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Reduce fast food on base to shrink oversized force, leader says

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Reduce fast food on base to shrink oversized force, leader says

As the military grapples with a growing number of overweight soldiers in its ranks, removing fast-food restaurants from bases could help reduce obesity rates in the armed forces, according to the U.S. military’s highest-ranking officer. The comments by Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Troy E Black, the senior enlisted advisor to the Chairman of the Joint […]

The world is unlikely to meet its 2030 food target

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The world is unlikely to meet its 2030 food target

Progress in tackling global food insecurity and nutritional deficiencies is stagnating and the world is unlikely to meet its global targets by 2030, according to a report released by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization last week. In the three years between the coronavirus pandemic and 2023, when the report’s data was collected, progress […]