World Hunger Facts

1.02 billion people in the world are hungry.
UN Food and Agriculture Organization
1 billion people in the world live on less than $1 a day.
"World Development Indicators 2007." The World Bank.
27 percent of children under 5 are moderately to severely underweight in the developing world.
"State of the World's Children 2007."UNICEF.
Nearly one in three people die prematurely or have disabilities due to poor nutrition and calorie deficiencies.
"Malnutrition." World Health Organization (WHO)
One in nearly seven people do not get enough food to be healthy, making hunger and malnutrition the number one risk to health worldwide.