56-page report in "The Lancet" argues obesity, undernutrition, and climate change are a trio of interconnected global pandemics, which scientists call the "Global Syndemic." They are all driven by inequitable food systems/"Big Food."

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> Here's how obesity, undernutrition, and climate change fit together, and why Big Food - the multinational food and beverage industry, including companies like PepsiCo, Nestle, and Tyson Foods - is to blame.

> Not having enough food causes kids to undergo wasting, stunted growth, and micronutrient deficiencies, which are still issues today but increasingly coexist with obesity.

> Kids who don't get enough to eat when they're young are at risk for obesity later in life, the Commission reports, and those kids tend to live in numerous lower- and middle-income nations where food security is an issue.

> Paradoxically, people in places that have mild to moderate food insecurity are actually at high risk of obesity.

> It chalks it up to lame governments, inert civilians, and the influence of Big Food."However, many countries' efforts to include environmental sustainability principles within their dietary guidelines failed due to pressure from strong food industry lobbies, especially the beef, dairy, sugar, and ultra-processed food and beverage industry sectors," the authors write.

> They're calling for three key actions: the end of the $5 trillion in government subsidies handed out to food and fossil fuel corporations, a global agreement to limit the influence of Big Food, and a push among civilians to end the policy inertia that keeps Big Food in power.


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