Chile’s drastic anti-obesity measures cut sugary drink sales by 23%

Experts welcome example of nation once drinking more per head than any other. The world’s toughest controls over the promotion of sugary drinks, brought in by a nation beset by obesity, have cut purchases by nearly a quarter in two years, research has shown. Instead of a sugar tax, which the UK and other countries […]

Nearly half a billion people in Asia undernourished: UN

Three million people in the Asia Pacific region must be lifted out of hunger each month, over the next decade if the region is to meet Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG) of zero hunger by end 2030, says a new UN report. While “substantial advances” have been made in the region towards eliminating hunger and malnutrition, nearly […]