Jess Fanzo, editor-in-chief of "Global Food Security Journal," takes a minute to answer questions on why obesity is rising across the globe and what can be done about it.
As technology expands what is possible in our food system, inefficiencies can arise and make it difficult for policy to change as rapidly as our technology does.
Unclean water, poor sanitation, and lousy hygiene—and resulting diseases—combine with poor nutrition as the leading causes of young child mortality and stunting. 
In this post from our "Uncharted Waters" blog series, we discuss that while the water footprint of livestock is substantive, the cost of that footprint is far from straightforward.
Since the dawn of agriculture spurred the establishment of human civilizations, humans have adapted and revolutionized their food systems to overcome obstacles.
Since the adoption of the SDGs, governments, the private sector, and non-governmental organizations have restructured their priorities and refined their policies, business models, and supply chains.