GLOBAL UNDERNOURISHMENT
1 in 8 people in the world suffer from Undernourishment.
Use the interactive chart to see undernourishment in the world over the years.
- We are interested in "Motivating people to become aware and do something about hunger."
- "I care about the world's hunger because people should be able to eat and not starve to death. Everyone should be happy, safe, and healthy!"
- "I believe with the technology, information, and resources available these days everyone should have enough nourishment."
- "The reason why I care of hunger because right now we're eating like there was no tomorrow while people all around the world are looking for a piece of crumb that becomes their only food once a week. Listen, I'm not telling you to stop eating or to fly all over the world and deliver food. I'm saying make a difference. Give some food to the ones who have none. Do Food drive because you might become one of them."
- "Most people are in hunger and it's one of the biggest problems in the world."
- "Access to basic nourishment is a human right. It is an injustice to our world to let people live in hunger, and in the end it ends up affecting each and everyone of us. We must work collectively to prevent hunger."
- In Africa, 20% of its population suffer from malnutrition. That is more than 1 in 5 people! (UN Food Agencies)
- 1.02 billion people suffered from malnutrition.
- 66 million school children attended class hungry - 23 million of those children come from Africa alone.
- In 1990, 34% of the World's population lived in hunger.
- 98% of malnutrition occurs in developing countries.
- 100 million children under the age of 5 are undernourished.
- 2.6 million children die per a year of hunger-related causes. That is 45% of deaths.
- Poverty
- Weather and climate change
- Population growth
- War and conflict
- Agricultural practices
- Gender discrimination
- Ethnic discrimination and racism
- Socioeconomic
- Reduced economic opportunities
- High rates of homelessness
- Education
- Low test scores
- Absenteeism and lower enrollment
- Health
- Low birth rates, leading to higher infant mortality
- Lowered or delayed cognitive development
- Increased mental illness: anxiety and depression
- Increased obesity, caused by unhealthy diets
- Increased rates of malaria
- Vitamin A deficiency kills 670,000 Children under the age of 5 per a year
- 2.6 million children die per a year of hunger-related causes
- War caused over food scarcity
