Mothers learn to cook nutritious food from local ingredients to feed their children in a World Vision program in Bangladesh. Not only has the program rehabilitated malnourished children. It has changed community viewpoints on child care, nutrition, hygiene, and sanitation, which will have benefits for generations to come.
Around the world, 815 million people regularly go to bed hungry, according to a report from the United Nations food agencies. Some areas of the world are lagging behind in providing adequate nutrition for healthy development. Every year, statistics about hunger and malnutrition are made available. Here’s what you should know about global hunger and nutrition:
1. 1
of every 10 people around the world experience chronic hunger.
2. 66 million primary school-age children
attend classes hungry across the developing world with 23 million in Africa
alone.
3. Asia is the continent with the hungriest
people (two thirds of the total). The percentage in southern Asia has fallen in
recent years, but in western Asia it has increased slightly.
4. If women farmers had the same access to
resources as men, the number of hungry in the world could be reduced by up to
150 million.
5. One in four of the world's children are
undersized. In developing countries the proportion can rise to one in three.
6. One out of six children (roughly 100
million) in developing countries is underweight.
7. Poor nutrition causes nearly half (45%)
of deaths in children under five. 3.1 million children each year.
8. Some 795 million people in the
world do not have enough food to lead a healthy active life. That's about one
in nine people on earth.
9. Sub-Saharan Africa is the region with
the highest prevalence (percentage
of population) of hunger. One person in four there is undernourished.
10.
The
vast majority of the world's hungry people live in developing countries,
where 12.9 percent of the population is undernourished.
“You pray for the hungry. Then you feed them. This is how prayer works.” (Pope Francis) [i]
[i] Sources used:
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“5 global
hunger facts you need to know” by Chris Huber
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