UN agency warns cost of a healthy diet has spiked 25% since 2021

UNITED NATIONS, United States — The cost of a healthy diet has increased 25 percent in the past five years, putting it out of reach for one-third of the global population, according to figures released Wednesday by the United Nations. The increased cost of food makes a healthy diet require an average of $4.28 purchase power parity dollars per person per day, per the UN Food and Agricultural Organization’s 2026 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report. “As a result, 2.69 billion people — almost one in every three people in the world — still cannot afford a […]...

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