 "Starvation is a severe deficiency in caloric
energy,
nutrient
and
vitamin
intake. It is the most extreme form of
malnutrition.
In humans, prolonged starvation can cause
permanent
organ
damage and eventually,
death.
The term
inanition
refers to the symptoms and effects of
starvation.
According to the
World Health
Organization,
hunger
is the single gravest threat to the world's
public health. The
WHO
also states that malnutrition is by far the
biggest contributor to
child mortality,
present in half of all cases.
six million children die of hunger every year.
Figures on actual starvation are difficult to
come by, but according to the
FAO,
the less severe condition of undernourishment
currently affects about 925 million people, or
about 14 % of the
world population.
Source:
Wikipedia
"Nearly
one in four people, 1.3 billion - a majority of
humanity - live on less than $1 per day, while the
world's 358 billionaires have assets exceeding the
combined annual incomes of countries with 45 percent
of the world's people. UNICEF"
Source:
an End to World Hunger |
