The right to an adequate diet: the agriculture-food-health nexus 2012, para. 30
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Another impact on diets was through the price channel, by changing the relative prices of foods in the consumer's basket. In high-income countries, healthy diets including a wide range of fruits and vegetables are more expensive than diets rich in oils, sugars and fats. While this may not be the reason why overweight and obesity have been increasing over the years, it is certainly one factor among others responsible for this situation. And it leads to important socio-economic disparities in quality diets. Scientists show a strong correlation between low-education and -income levels and higher rates of obesity, type II diabetes and coronary heart disease.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Rapporteur on the right to food
Document type
Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Education
Food & Nutrition
Health
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2012
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Other
Reference
SR Food, Report to the HRC (2012), A/HRC/19/59, para. 30.