Which sentence is easier to understand: (A) "The turn-of-the-century developing world now often confronts more of a problem with fat than it does with famine . . . . " or (B) By the year 2000, obesity was a larger global problem than famine . . . ."?
Sentence A, a quote from a leading journal, left me wondering whether (1) the century at issue was 1900 or 2000 and (2) was this an issue for the developing countries or the whole world.
I was also confused by the phrase "now often more of a problem with fat than with famine." I was left wondering whether the more went with the "now often more" as in the common use of "more often" or did "more" belong with the word "than" which was eight words away.
I prefer version B for clarity. Do you?