• One in seven people are undernourished worldwide.
• Hunger and malnutrition are greater risks to world health than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined.
• Children whose development is stunted by hunger and malnutrition earn 5-10 percent less over their lifetimes.
• More than 60 percent of people suffering from chronic hunger are women.
• Every six seconds, a child dies from hunger.

Data provided by the United Nations World Food Programme.