I&#x27;m not sure where the line is between malnutrition and starvation, but the UN says &quot;some 795 million people in the world do not have enough food to lead a healthy active life.&quot; [1]<p>Your article [2] quotes, &quot;while Asians, like the Chinese, had four servings a day of cooked rice, Americans and Australians ate just five a week&quot;.  The fault for a change in advice is shared between scientists and the media for giving advice based on a western diet to people eating an eastern diet.  I think this is a problem in general with English-language media.  I see people sharing advice about high-fructose corn syrup, but in the UK it&#x27;s ① legally called &quot;glucose-fructose syrup&quot;, and ② rarely used, and thus irrelevant to most people I know. Similarly for hormones and antibiotics in beef, or added salt in some foods.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wfp.org&#x2F;hunger&#x2F;stats" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wfp.org&#x2F;hunger&#x2F;stats</a><p>[2] probably <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.straitstimes.com&#x2F;singapore&#x2F;health&#x2F;diabetes-the-rice-you-eat-is-worse-than-sugary-drinks" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.straitstimes.com&#x2F;singapore&#x2F;health&#x2F;diabetes-the-ri...</a>