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Food firms slow to address twin scourges of undernutrition and obesity. Nutrition index says food and drink industry moving too slowly in providing healthy food, and criticises marketing of breast milk substitutes

by Sam Jones

Ali Khumal holds up a photo of himself when he worked as a driver for ISAF forces in Afghanistan. The Taliban accused him of aiding the enemy and he was forced to flee with his family to Indonesia. Photo: © Jessica Sallabank/IRIN.SeeGlobal Access to Nutrition Index 2016

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