Increasing costs of foods challenge good nutrition, better life

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa, CAPPA, Monday declared that the recent hike in food prices has increased the challenge of access to good nutrition and better life, saying that there is the need to ensure food safety for what is available and affordable.

The Executive Director of CAPPA, Akinbode Oluwafemi, who stated this, while speaking with journalists in Abuja in commemoration of the World Food Day, noted that the World Food Day is celebrated every year on October 16 to raise awareness and advocate for improved action towards food production, nutrition, and a reduction in hunger around the world.

According to him, the world today faces two major problems: the issue of providing a healthy diet which affects both the rich and the poor causing lifestyle issues such as obesity, diabetes and the issue of hunger which leads to malnutrition, death, and abnormal growth in children.

He said the recent hike in food prices has increased the challenge of access to good nutrition and better life hence the need to ensure food safety for what is available and affordable.

The Nutrition Policy Advisor at Resolve to Save Lives, Dr Maryam Al-Mansur, in a statement explained that World Food Day is celebrated yearly on October 16, to raise awareness about food security, sustainable food systems and healthy diets for all.

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The theme of the 2021 World Food Day is “Our Actions are Our Future – Better Production, Better Nutrition, a Better Environment and a Better Life”