It is so, so easy to think because we do something, everyone else in the world does the same thing in the same way. This thinking is far from true. Explore the resources/sites below to learn more about food around the world. Perhaps I ate cereal for breakfast, chicken nuggets for lunch and a burger for supper; people in various countries are eating very different things. I believe you'll agree with my statement: food is fascinating.
World Hunger Statistics (from World Food Programme - wfp.org)
1 - Some 795 million people in the world do not have enough food to lead a healthy active life. That's about one in nine people on earth.
2 - The vast majority of the world's hungry people live in developing countries, where 13.5 percent of the population is undernourished.
3 - Asia is the continent with the most hungry people - two thirds of the total.
4 - Sub-Saharan Africa is the region with the highest prevalence (percentage of population) of hunger. One person in four there is undernourished.
5 - Poor nutrition causes nearly half (45%) of deaths in children under five - 3.1 million children each year.
6 - One out of six children -- roughly 100 million -- in developing countries is underweight.
7 - One in four of the world's children are stunted. In developing countries the proportion can rise to one in three.
8 - If women farmers had the same access to resources as men, the number of hungry in the world could be reduced by up to 150 million.
9 - 66 million primary school-age children attend classes hungry across the developing world, with 23 million in Africa alone.
10 - WFP calculates that US$3.2 billion is needed per year to reach all 66 million hungry school-age children.
2 - The vast majority of the world's hungry people live in developing countries, where 13.5 percent of the population is undernourished.
3 - Asia is the continent with the most hungry people - two thirds of the total.
4 - Sub-Saharan Africa is the region with the highest prevalence (percentage of population) of hunger. One person in four there is undernourished.
5 - Poor nutrition causes nearly half (45%) of deaths in children under five - 3.1 million children each year.
6 - One out of six children -- roughly 100 million -- in developing countries is underweight.
7 - One in four of the world's children are stunted. In developing countries the proportion can rise to one in three.
8 - If women farmers had the same access to resources as men, the number of hungry in the world could be reduced by up to 150 million.
9 - 66 million primary school-age children attend classes hungry across the developing world, with 23 million in Africa alone.
10 - WFP calculates that US$3.2 billion is needed per year to reach all 66 million hungry school-age children.