Our Facts

Below are some scary facts related to the problem of #malnutrition and these statistics show that it has become necessary to pay #attention to the problem of malnutrition, if the #situation is not controlled at right time then this problem can become more frightening.

• • According to the #United Nations, one person dies of #hunger every 4 seconds, that’s 21,000 people every day.
  • As many as 836 #million #Indians #survive on less than Rs 20 per day
  • Around 1 in 9 Indians will #sleep #hungry tonight, that’s no less than 230 million #people!
  • #Poor #nutrition causes nearly half (45%) of #deaths in #children under five – 3.1 million children each year.
  • Roughly 100 million #kids in #developing #countries are #underweight – that’s one in every six kids.

• If #women had #proper #diet during #pregnancy, the number of #malnourished children can dramatically go down
• According to @UNICEF, 80% of the world’s #stunted children live in just 14 countries, including #India.
• #Hunger kills more #people across the #world than #AIDS, #malaria and# TB combined, making it the number 1 cause of #death on the #planet
• One in four of the world’s children are stunted. In developing countries the #proportion can rise to one in #three.  cause of death on the planet.
• 66 million #primary #school-age #children attend #classes hungry across the developing world, with 18 million in India alone.
• At least USD 3.2 billion is needed ever year to reach all the 66 million hungry school-going children, according to the World Food Program.

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