Obesity and malnutrition may be at opposite ends of the nutrition spectrum, but they're both pressing problems in today's world.
About one billion people in the world are hungry, while roughly an equal number suffer from obesity, diabetes, and other health-related issues of overconsumption.
Centre for Health Protection statistics published last year showed that 41.1 per cent of people aged 18 to 64 in Hong Kong were overweight or obese. Four in five people fail to meet the recommendation of having at least five servings of fruits and vegetables per day.
The combination of poor and excessive eating is directly linked to cancer, heart disease and stroke, which accounted for 55 per cent of registered deaths in Hong Kong in 2008, up from 29 per cent in 1961.
A HK$2 charge - the United Nations' guideline of the cost of one nutritious meal in developing countries - is added to the price of these TFT-branded meals, which is used to provide school lunches in China. "We like to say that when you dine at TFT, you never dine alone," says Tan.
