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10 percent of the world is struggling with hunger

While 821.6 million people, approximately 10 percent of the world’s population, cannot reach enough food in the world. 60 percent of this number is lacking political stability. People in the regions where wars were taking place.

According to information compiled from the reports of the United Nations (UN) World Food Program (WFP), World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Malnutrition and hunger are among the main causes of death and disease resistance, especially in African countries.

According to WHO, which states that 462 million adults in the world are struggling with malnutrition and hunger. More than 205 million children under the age of 5 are either hungry or very low in weight, age or height.

In deaths, 45 percent of children who die under the age of 5 die because of insufficient nutrition or starvation. “Africa” stands out as the continent with the highest hunger death rates on a percentage basis. In the east of the continent, where a total of 256 million people are estimated to struggle with hunger, it was reflected in the UN reports that approximately 31 percent of the population is not getting enough nutrition.About 500 million people in Asia are suffering from hunger, according to UN reports.

9 out of 10 children in the world who are low for height or age live in Asia and Africa. 3 out of every 4 obese children in the world are also seen on these two continents. Unhealthy diet is pointed out as the cause of obesity in these regions.

821 million people in the world are struggling with hunger. 60 percent of the people are in the regions where the conflicts took place.

Central African Republic is one of the countries struck by hunger due to famine, drought, conflicts and economic crises.

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