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Hunger, malnutrition in Canada's Arctic nears crisis

2014-03-28 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: A new report highlighted Thursday growing hunger and malnutrition in Canada's Arctic as development snowballs and tastes change, and called for immediate actions to stop an "emerging public health crisis." The report found that most northern households are twice as likely -- 27 percent versus a national average of 12 percent -- to face hunger or fear of starvation. Northern households with children reported even higher rates of food insecurity. Nearly 115,000 people, mostly indigenous, live...

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