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A young girl tucks into fast food…

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... while Bangladeshi people queue for scarce food

… while Bangladeshi people queue for scarce food

(Image: Chandan / Rex Features)

Enough: Why the world's poorest starve in an age of plenty

Enough: Why the world’s poorest starve in an age of plenty

Famine: A short history

Famine: A short history

Let Them Eat Junk: How capitalism creates hunger and obesity

Let Them Eat Junk: How capitalism creates hunger and obesity

EVERY minute, 17 people die of hunger, 10 of them children. For years that number had been going down. Then, two years ago, it started rising again. We live in a world of record harvests, a world in which obesity is the main food-related health problem for many. Yet…

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