World Has More Fat People Than Hungry

The transition from a starving world to an obese one has happened with dramatic speed, US professor Barry Popkin told the International Association of Agricultural Economists.

"The reality is that globally far more obesity than undernutrition exists," Popkin said, adding that while hunger was slowly declining, obesity was rapidly spreading.

There are about 1.4 billion overweight people in the world and 800 million who are undernourished, he said (read more).