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  • UN food chief roasts 'overfed' West [Upset $Bn being "wasted" on feeding obese people in the West]

    06/04/2008 9:09:37 AM PDT · by yankeedame · 77 replies · 926+ views
    Livenews.com ^ | 3/06/2008 | staff writer
    UN food chief roasts 'overfed' West 3/06/2008 9:51:00 PM. UN food agency chief Jacques Diouf said today that billions of dollars are being wasted on feeding obese people in the West while millions starve around the world. "No one understands... how over-consumption by obese people in the world costs $20 billion each year," the head of the Food and Agriculture Organisation told an international summit on the food price crisis. On top of this, he added, there are "$100 billion in indirect costs resulting from premature deaths and associated diseases." Diouf also highlighted how an estimated $1.2 trillion was spent...