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1 in 8 persons worldwide go to bed hungry; hunger, one of world's top 10 health risks; and other recent data on hunger from the World Food Programme
TOP 10 FACTS ABOUT HUNGER
1. Approximately 870 million people in the world do not eat enough to be healthy. That means that one in every eight people on Earth goes to bed hungry each night. (Source: FAO, 2012)
2. Most of the progress against hunger was achieved before 2007/08. Since then, global progress in reducing hunger has slowed and levelled off. (Source: FAO, 2012)
3. Hunger is number one on the list of the world’s top 10 health risks. It kills more people every year than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. (Source: UNAIDS, 2010; WHO, 2011).
4. A third of all deaths in children under the age of five in developing countries are linked to undernutrition. (Source: IGME, 2011)