Hunger Facts

Hunger Facts

One of the primary symptoms of poverty in children around the world is hunger. The facts about hunger clearly show its relationship to other symptoms of poverty such as malnutrition, low birth rate and poor health. In fact, the hunger facts are just a small glimpse into the destruction that poverty causes.

Each year, millions of children die from malnutrition. This is one of the most sobering facts about hunger – it steals life from the most innocent and vulnerable … children. Hunger is preventable, but it requires knowledge and action.

Thanks to Compassion’s intervention, for more than a million children around the world, the facts about hunger are no longer an issue. Through Compassion’s sponsorship program, they receive proper nutrition and adequate health care.

When you sponsor a child in Compassion’s program, you eliminate one of the most pervasive symptoms of poverty – hunger. As a sponsor you can literally change the facts about hunger for a child in need. Why not get started today?

Hunger Facts
Hunger Facts Get the facts about hunger and how it affects children and their families.
  • One person in seven battles hunger every day.
  • Approximately 963 million people across the world are hungry.
  • More than 9 million children under age 5 die every year, and malnutrition accounts for more than one-third of these deaths. Most of these children live in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
  • About 5.6 million deaths of children worldwide are related to under-nutrition. This accounts for 53 percent of the total deaths for children under 5.
  • More than 140 million or 25 percent of all children in developing countries are underweight and at risk from the long-term effects of malnourishment.
  • Nearly 15 percent of babies in developing countries are born with a low birth weight compared with only 7 percent of babies in industrialized countries.
  • More than 6 million children die from malnutrition each year.
  • Worldwide, 161 million preschool children suffer from chronic malnutrition.
  • Already 923 million people worldwide are undernourished, and there are more than 9 million deaths related to hunger each year.

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