Worldwide, some 925 million people lack access to enough food to ensure good health. This means that one in seven people worldwide to bed hungry at night. Hungry people around the world, more than half - about 578 million people - live in Asia and the Pacific. Hungry people in Africa accounted for more than one-quarter of the world total. . Mother gave birth to malnourished babies are often underweight, these babies before the age of five mortality is 20% higher than normal. There are nearly 17 million underweight newborn babies each year.



