Hunger
1. Three Quantitative Examples of Specific Problems
a. Asia is recognized as the hungriest region across the globe, where 2/3rd of the total 795 million global people who do not have enough food, are living at present (World Food Programme, 2015).
b. According to the calculation of the World Food Programme, (2015), 66 million primary school-age children go to classes hungry in the developing world. Out of this 66 million, 23 million children are from Africa.
c. The most advanced country of the world, United States reports about 48.1 million population living in food insecure households within the country. Out of every 7 people, 1 visit the food banks in U.S. for meeting their needs (Global Hunger Relief, 2015).
2. Three Quantitative Examples of Major Outcomes
a. The sever impacts of hunger and starvation on economic aspects can be traced through the example of Malawi’s economy, which loses nearly MKW 150 billion (nearly US$600 million) each year led by the direct and indirect effects of child under nutrition (World Food Programme, 2015).
b. Food Brings Hope, Inc, (2016) identifies childhood hunger in U.S. as a major cause behind the behavioral and emotional problems, absenteeism (36%), delinquency (29%), and substance abuse (11%), and suicide rates (15%).
c. Due to the starvation specifically in terms of Vitamin A deficiency places impacts on the 25 percent of the developing world’s pre-schoolers. The statistics further confirm that such deficiency causes blindness, susceptibility to disease and higher mortality rates i.e. 1-3 million children each year across the globe (United Nations, 2016).
References
Food Brings Hope, Inc. (2016). Understanding Childhood Hunger. Retrieved August 09, 2016, from Food Brings Hope, Inc: http://www.foodbringshope.com/understanding.html
Global Hunger Relief. (2015). Domestic Hunger Statistics. Retrieved August 09, 2016, from Global Hunger Relief: http://globalhungerrelief.com/statistics
United Nations. (2016). Hunger. Retrieved August 09, 2016, from United Nations: http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/briefingpapers/food/childhunger.shtml
World Food Programme. (2015). Hunger Statistics. Retrieved August 09, 2016, from World Food Programme.
World Food Programme. (2015, May 13). New Study Reveals Huge Impact Of Hunger On Economy Of Malawi. Retrieved August 09, 2016, from World Food Programme: https://www.wfp.org/news/news-release/new-study-reveals-huge-impact-hunger-economy-malawi-0
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