<i>And I disagree that the &quot;western diet&quot; has anything to do with our wins against malnutrition.</i><p>Western technological advancements have pretty much everything to do with our wins against malnutrition.<p>Without question, there are still far too many hungry people in the world. Chronic persistent hunger is an enormous problem that will be difficult to overcome but these people aren&#x27;t hungry because there isn&#x27;t enough food. There&#x27;s food aplenty, we haven&#x27;t been able to come up with a system for providing it to everyone in adequate amounts.