1 FAO, IFAD, WHO, WFP and UNICEF. (2022). State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022. Repurposing food and agricultural policies to make healthy diets more affordable. Rome, FAO. (https://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/cc0639en).

2 FAO and WHO. 2020. Sustainable healthy diets - Guiding principles. Rome. (https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241516648), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; Bioversity International; Burlingame, B.; Dernini, S.(eds.) (2012) Sustainable diets and biodiversity. 309 p.; ill. ISBN: 978-92-5-107288-2

SESSION 1Ensuring the availability of and access to healthy food for all

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The number of hungry people in the world increased to 828 million people in 2021, an increase of about 46 million since 2020 and 150 million since the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, according to a United Nations report. These figures show that the world is not on track to achieve its goal of ending hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030.

Despite global progress, trends in childhood malnutrition – including stunting and wasting, deficiencies in essential micronutrients, overweight and obesity – remain a major concern.

In 2021, the gender gap for food insecurity continued to widen, with 31.9 percent of the world's women found to be moderately or severely food-insecure, compared to 27.6 percent of men. This gap of more than 4 percentage points increased from 3 percentage points in 2020.

In order to meet the Sustainable Development Goals and guarantee the right to adequate food, sustainable diets must be physically and economically accessible to all without discrimination related to gender and other social variables such as age, ethnicity, religion, health and disability status.1,2

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