Macro partitioning
Current global agricultural production overproduces grains, fats, and sugars while underproducing fruits, vegetables, and protein, creating a nutritional imbalance that contributes to obesity and diabetes.
Stop assuming that having enough food means you are eating well. Current global diets are skewed heavily toward grains, fats, and sugars, which drives obesity and diabetes. To fix this, prioritize increasing the intake of fruits, vegetables, and plant-based proteins, and reduce reliance on energy-dense processed foods.
Thus, the world currently over-produces grains, fats, and sugars while greatly under-producing fruits and vegetables and, to a smaller extent, proteins... The failure of global agriculture to provide a balanced diet presumably contributes to the current epidemic of obesity and diabetes.
Why this rating
Based on comprehensive FAO data and established nutritional guidelines (HHEP), though it is a modeling study rather than a clinical trial.
Source
When too much isn’t enough: Does current food production meet global nutritional needs?
Krishna Bahadur KC et al. · PLoS ONE · 2018
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