Stats & Info

There are 925 million undernourished people in the world today. That means one in seven people do not get enough food to be healthy and lead an active life. Hunger and malnutrition are in fact the number one risk to the health worldwide — greater than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined.
http://www.wfp.org/hunger

• Every 3.6 seconds someone dies of hunger. 75% of them are children.
• There is enough food to feed every person on earth, yet 17% of us are currently malnourished or starving.
• The problem affects people of every race and on every continent.
• 1,386 people died from Hurricane Katrina, yet 24,000 people die EACH DAY from starvation or malnutrition.
• Even in the richest country in the world, The United States, over 10 million people suffer from hunger.
• More people around the world are dying of starvation than any other time in history.
• Malnutrition, as measured by stunting of growth, affects 32.5 percent of children in developing countries

Approximately 1.2 billion people suffer from hunger (deficiency of calories and protein); Around 27-28 percent of all children in developing countries are estimated to be underweight or stunted. The two regions that account for the bulk of the deficit are South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
http://www.globalissues.org/article/26/poverty-facts-and-stats

925 million people do not have enough to eat - more than the populations of USA, Canada and the European Union
FAO news release, 14 September 2010