DoSomething.org- 11 Facts about Global Hunger

 

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1. 925 million people worldwide suffer from hunger, that's more than the populations of the U.S., Canada and the European Union combined.
2. 90% of the world’s hungry live with chronic hunger, a nagging hunger that does not go away.
3. The direct medical cost of hunger and malnutrition is estimated at $30 billion each year.
4. A third of the world’s population is affected by vitamin and mineral deficiencies. These deficiencies compromise the immune system and can result in serious health problems.
5. More than 60% of chronically hungry people are women.
6. Hunger is often passed from mother to child. Each year, 17 million children are born underweight because their mothers are malnourished.
7. About 178 million children worldwide are short in stature or stunted because of lack of food, vitamin and mineral deficiencies and disease.
8. Malnutrition can also affect a child's intellectual development. Malnourished children often score significantly lower on math and language achievement tests than do well-nourished children.
9. More than 16,000 children die each day from hunger-related conditions.
10. Almost all of these deaths occur in developing countries. Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia suffer from the highest rates of hunger and malnutrition.
11. The number of chronically hungry people worldwide grows by an average of four million people per year.

Sources:

World Heath Organization
World Food Program
Bread for the World

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