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Building food security: Dietitians as leaders in food policy development
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Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research
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October 1, 2001
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Copyright informationCopyright Dietitians of Canada Fall 2001. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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At the 1996 World Food Security Summit in Rome, Canada, along with 186 other countries, committed itself to reduce by half the number of undernourished people no later than the year 2015. In response, our government developed Canada's Action Plan on Food Security. Unfortunately, little has been done to implement the plan, and we have fallen further behind in reducing the number of hungry people in Canada. Why? The existence of hunger and food insecurity in a wealthy country like Canada is a result of political decisions. Food insecurity results from ineffective policies at local, national, and global levels, and from decisions in which the elimination of poverty, hunger, and food ...
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