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Hunger is more complicated than empty bellies: interconnected issues of poverty, inequality, conflict, climate change, gender discrimination, and weak government and health systems all play a role in driving hunger.
Hunger is defined by the United Nations as the periods when people experience severe food insecurity—meaning that they go for entire days without eating due to lack of money, access to food, or other resources.
Here are some definitions of key terms:
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Prolonged periods of food insecurity can lead to malnutrition, which occurs when the body lacks sufficient vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients needed to thrive.
A multilayered issue, malnutrition manifests in many forms, including:
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After steadily declining for a decade, hunger is on the rise, impacting nearly 10% of the world’s population. The global hunger crisis driven largely by conflict, climate change, and chronic inequality.
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An overwhelming majority of the world’s hungry people reside in the developing world, where extreme poverty and lack of access to nutritious food often leads to malnutrition. Women and children are particularly vulnerable.
Power determines who eats and who goes hungry, who lives and who dies.
The climate crisis is driving hunger and malnutrition around the world.
Seventy-five percent of the world’s malnourished people live in conflict zones.
Humanitarian emergencies disrupt and destroy livelihoods for millions of people.
Extreme poverty, lack of sufficient food, and hunger are inextricably linked.
We take decisive action against the causes and effects of hunger.
These countries need immediate life-saving help.