Global Trends in Chronic Hunger
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Vital Signs
Global Trendsin Chronic
Hunger
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Although the proportion ofpeople experiencing chronic
hunger is decreasing globally, 1in 9 individuals still don't get
enough to eatU.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), The State of Food and Agriculture (Rome: 2013).
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Undernourishment is definedas an inability to take in
enough calories over at least 1year to meet dietary energy
requirements
802 million living with undernourishment in2012-2014, down more than 100 million
over the last decade
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), The State of Food and Agriculture (Rome: 2013).
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This leads to undernutrition;a condition caused by a
deficient or imbalanced diet,or by poor absorbtion andbiological use of nutrients
within the body
Accounts for $1.4-$2.1 trillion per year, or2-3% of gross world product
World Food Programme, "Hunger Glossary," at www.wfp.org/hunger/glossary.U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), The State of Food and Agriculture (Rome: 2013).
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The vast majority ofundernourished people live in
developing countries
Here, 791 million people, or 1 in 8, werechronically hungry in 2012-2014
FAO, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and World Food Programme(WFP), The State of Food Insecurity in the World: Strengthening the Enabling Environment for
Food Security and Nutrition (Rome: FAO, 2014).
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Women and children areparticularly vulnerable to
nutritional deficiencies dueto biological and social
inequalities
Globally, undernutrition contributes tomore than 1/3 of child deaths
UNICEF, Improving Child Nutrition: The Achievable Imperative for Global Progress (New York: 2013).
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The Millennium DevelopmentGoal 1c (MDG-1c) aims to halvethe proportion of the population
in developing countries whoare hungry from the 1990 base
year to the 2015 target year.This goal is within reach.
FAO, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and World Food Programme (WFP), TheState of Food Insecurity in the World: Strengthening the Enabling Environment for Food Security and
Nutrition (Rome: FAO, 2014).
TEXT HERESince 1990-92, the prevalence
of chronic hunger fell from18.7% to 11.3% in 2012-2014, less
than 2% above the MDG-1ctarget
FAO, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and World Food Programme (WFP), TheState of Food Insecurity in the World: Strengthening the Enabling Environment for Food Security and
Nutrition (Rome: FAO, 2014).
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Latin America and the Caribbeanhave shown the greatest
reduction in undernourishmentand have already reached the
MDG-1c target
FAO, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and World Food Programme (WFP),The State of Food Insecurity in the World: Strengthening the Enabling Environment for Food
Security and Nutrition (Rome: FAO, 2014).
TEXT HEREThe sub-Saharan region has by
far the highest prevelance ofchronic hunger of any region
1 in 4 people here are chronically hungry
FAO, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and World Food Programme(WFP), The State of Food Insecurity in the World: Strengthening the Enabling Environment
for Food Security and Nutrition (Rome: FAO, 2014).
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Asia as a whole is close toreaching the MDG-1c target
Yet because of their large population, 2out of 3 undernourished people in the
world live in this region
In west Asia the prevalence of chronichunger actually increased due topolitical and economic instability
FAO, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and World Food Programme (WFP), TheState of Food Insecurity in the World: Strengthening the Enabling Environment for Food Security and
Nutrition (Rome: FAO, 2014).
TEXT HEREClimate change increases
food insecurity and thebreakdown of food systems.
This disproportionately affectspoorer populations.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Climate Change 2014: Impacts,Adaptation and Vulnerability (Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2014).
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World food prices have begunto come down since the
all-time peak in August 2012,but they remain high, and poor
households still spend asignificant portion of their
incomes on food.
FAO, FAO Statistical Yearbook 2014: Africa Food and Agriculture (Accra: 2014).
Full analysis, sources,and data available at:
http://bit.ly/16073jA
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