Abstract

Subject Successes in hunger reduction in Latin America. Significance Although a number of regions have achieved the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of halving the percentage of their population suffering from hunger by 2015, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the first region also to achieve the more ambitious World Food Summit target of halving their absolute number. Impacts While ongoing efforts will be required to reduce hunger, obesity has also become an important public health problem in many LAC countries. A recent increase in extreme poverty in LAC suggests that reduction of hunger may slow. As hunger drops and concentrates in pockets, such as indigenous communities, ever more closely targeted policies will be required.

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