PUBLISHED: 7 Oct 2024 at 20: 14
Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, the Food and Agriculture Organization’s ( FAO ) Regional Goodwill Ambassador for Asia and the Pacific, has called for ensuring the right to food for all.
The lady presided over the Asia-Pacific Regional Observance for World Food Day 2024, which was held in Bangkok’s FAO Regional Office under the heading” Best to Foods: For Better Life and Better Future, Leave No One Behind” on Monday.
In her comment, she said the country’s farmers produce enough food to serve more than the global community, but poverty persists. According to FAO data from 2022, the Asia-Pacific is home to half of the world’s malnourished persons.
This, she said, is compounded by globalisation, urbanisation, and the rapid pace of life, leading to a high intake of calorie-dense comfort foods high in sugar, honey, and large. So, although people may take enough energy, they might not get enough nutrients to lead a healthier lifestyle.  ,
Food that include too many bad foods are linked to the spread of cardio and non-communicable diseases. These are not just personal issues; they also become federal issues as the workforce’s output declines and ailments put pressure on public health expenditures, the lady claimed.
Malnutrition is widespread — it exists in all places and socio-economic groups either in the form of malnutrition, micronutrient deficiencies or overweight and obesity, she said.
” This month’s World Food Day design…  , is a siren call to people. It underscores the need for people everywhere to have access to a different variety of healthy, affordable, and safe food”, she said.
The variety of foods is “essential for the right nourishment of people” and” crucial for the long-term health of the atmosphere on which we rely to make these foods. Biodiversity is essential for our environment’s growth and for the continuation of nutrient-dense meal production.
The lady added that international law enshrined the right to foods as a fundamental human right. Not everyone in the world has entry to the products they need to live a healthier lifestyle, though. The right to food, therefore, is about far more than energy for life — it is about good and different diets with sufficient nutrients, she said.