12 Dec 2019 --- A food system overhaul is necessary to curb climbing rates of deadly noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including hypertension, heart issues and many types of cancer. This is according to Francesco Branca, Director of the Department of Nutrition for Health and Development (NHD) at the World Health Organization (WHO). He speaks to NutritionInsight from Oman, where world leaders and health experts are gathering to give WHO eight new recommendations that may potentially save millions of lives.