The latest U.S. federal data indicate that:
In 2004, 13.5 million households (or 11.9% of all U.S. households) were food insecure. Over 38 million people (13.2% of all Americans) lived in these households.
During the 12 months preceding the 2004 survey, 4.4 million households experienced hunger. Over 10.7 million adults and children lived in these households.
In 2004, […]
Ten children die every minute as a result of malnutrition, more than a quarter of children in developing countries are underweight and suffer disease because of their poor diet, and in some areas almost half of all under-fives are malnourished, a new United Nations report says.
Unicef warns that the slow progress on reducing nutritional problems […]
From: http://www.worldhungeryear.org/info_center/just_facts.asp
US Hunger & Poverty Facts
From 1967 to 2003, average household income (adjusted dollars) grew from $7.589 to 9,996 for those in the bottom 20%, and grew from $83,758 to $147,078 for those in the top 20%.1
In 2003, California had a poverty rate of 13.4%, compared to 9% in Virginia, 19.9% in Washington D.C., […]
From: http://www.thp.org/issues/
Population is linked to hunger - but not the way many people believe. We tend to grow up thinking that the problem of hunger is caused by overpopulation - too many people and not enough food. Some people even believe that deaths due to hunger actually help slow population growth.
In fact, the opposite […]
HUNGER FACTS
Scope of the problem
An estimated 852 million people in the developing world currently do not consume enough calories to sustain healthy bodies.
What is hunger?
Hunger is when people do not get enough food to provide the nutrients (carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals and water) for active and healthy lives.
Malnutrition results from a lack of calories […]