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People get sick because they cannot access adequate, acceptable food at all times. Health impacts of food systems also occur through insufficient or precarious access to food that is culturally acceptable and nutritious.

The most recent updates on food security and nutrition indicate that more than 820 million people in the world are still hungry today and the absolute number of undernourished people slowly continues to increase. Around 2 billion people do not have regular access to safe, nutritious, and sufficient food, i.e., they experience moderate or severe food insecurity [1]. The lack of regular access to nutritious and sufficient food, alongside inadequate access to health, water, hygiene, sanitation, and care services, puts people at greater risk of malnutrition and poor health. It is estimated that 149 million children under the age of 5 years are still stunted and the pace of progress is too slow to meet the 2030 target of halving the number of stunted children. Hidden hunger also prevails in children and adults. Current estimates show that 264 million women of reproductive age are affected by iron deficiency anemia, partly due to the inadequacy of diets [23].