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Poor Urged to Shift From Wheat-Based Diet – Fiji Times

People should start looking at “healthier food options”, the Fiji Council of Social Services (FCOSS) executive director Vani Catanasiga said


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Atta is a wholemeal wheat flour popular in Fiji and elsewhere in the South Pacific. Photo: Punjas Group of Companies

 

A sharp increase in flour prices – exacerbated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine – is anticipated to have a great impact on low-income earners, Fiji Council of Social Services (FCOSS) executive director Vani Catanasiga told the Fiji Times.

People should start looking at “healthier food options”. “FCOSS anticipates that this increase will greatly impact families given that flour is a key ingredient,” Catanasiga said.

Read the full report: Fiji Times

 

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George Russell

George Russell is a freelance writer and editor based in Hong Kong who has lived in Asia since 1996. His work has been published in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Post, Variety, Forbes and the South China Morning Post.

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