Over 400 million
Over 800 million
Over 240 million

Over 800 million
It is estimated that over 800 million people are hungry around the world.

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False.
As you can see from the World Hunger Map hunger exists all over the world, including wealthy countries like America and England. However, the majority of hungry people do live in developing countries and earn less than $1 a day.

Central America
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Europe

Sub-Saharan Africa
0ver 200 million of the world’s hungry live in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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False.
People’s bodies sometimes swell up as a result of hunger and malnutrition, so they are not always easy to identify. This swelling is an illusion resulting from water retention and actually masks severe loss of body weight.

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False

False.
The vast majority (75%) of the 24,000 people that die every day because of hunger or diseases related to hunger and malnutrition are boys and girls under 5, and the elderly and women.

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False

False.
The world produces enough food for everyone. The problem is that many people do not have access to the resources to produce or purchase food. Access and not quantity is therefore the problem.

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False

False.
Contrary to popular belief, overpopulation is not the root cause of hunger. It is usually the other way around: hunger is one of the real causes of overpopulation. The more children a poor family has, the more likely some will survive to work in the fields or in the city to add to the family's small income and, later, to care for the parents in their old age.

Famine
Poverty
Natural disasters

Poverty.
Hunger resulting from famine and natural disasters tends to be very well publicised but in fact only accounts for a small portion (8%) of the hunger problem in the world. Primarily, hunger results from poverty and resultant chronic hunger. Chronic hunger results from people lacking the resources to purchase or grow their own food, or the food they eat lacks sufficient nutritional value.

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False.
Providing food to people who are hungry and malnourished is an important element of Concern’s work. However, we recognize that this solely is not the solution to ending world hunger. Increasing people’s food security by enabling them to produce or buy enough food is also important, as is pushing for changes in policies regarding trade, aid and debt. The MakePovertyHistory campaign is a good example of the latter.

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Each and every one of us can make a difference. Fundraising for FoodAid is a great start but see the ‘What can we do about hunger’ factsheet for more ideas.