Why some people are suffering from diseases and hunger in some parts o...
There are still millions of people who go hungry every day and suffering from diseases.
- 795 million people still suffer from hunger. They regularly do not get enough nutritious food to eat each day.
Hunger is a silent pandemic.
Inadequate nutrition is an underlying cause of 45% of preventable child deaths (2.8 million) each year, and the majority of these deaths occur outside of humanitarian crises.
Children suffering from acute malnutrition are 2.5 times more likely to die than children without malnutrition; and those with severe acute malnutrition are 9 times more likely to die than a properly nourished child.
Hunger may affect the quality of a child’s education.
66 million primary school children go to school hungry. 23 million of those children are in Africa. Inadequately nourished children may suffer from difficulty concentrating or lowered immunity.
Conflict further stresses areas already struggling with food security.
Growing up hungry has negative effects that last a lifetime.
One out of six children—roughly 100 million—in developing countries is underweight. There are 162 million stunted children and 51 million wasted children as a result of undernourishment. Both increase the risk of disease and death.
Poor nutrition affects the physical and mental development of young children, particularly those in their first 1,000 days, from pregnancy to 2 years of age with life-long consequences for individuals, communities and economies.