Wildfires, floods, and other extreme weather events are no longer the only ways in which climate change affects the lives of children around the world. Increasingly, its also impacting their diets. Droughts reduce agricultural production, floods cut off roads and disrupt supply chains, and rising prices limit families’ access to fruits, vegetables, and other fresh foods.
In this scenario, cheaper, longer-lasting products with low nutritional value are gaining ground, increasing the risk of two conditions that, at first glance, may seem contradictory: childhood obesity and malnutrition.
