Globalised diet threatens health and food security
Author: Fitness Guru | Category: Diet & Nutrition
Increasing similarity in diets worldwide is a threat to health and food security with many people forsaking traditional crops such as cassava, sorghum or millet, according to an international study.
The report, which detailed for the first time the convergence in crops towards a universal diet in more than 150 nations…
21 May 2015
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