Hunger Facts
More than 800 million people go hungry every day (United Methodist Committee On Relief-UMCOR)
More than 840 million people in the world are chronically malnourished (Food and agriculture Organization of the United Nations-UN)
Underweight malnutrition Remains the leading cause of disease and death in the world (World Health Organization-WHO)
Every 3.6 seconds someone dies of hunger (End to World Hunger)
In the 1990s, more than 100 million children died of starvation and malnutrition (End to World Hunger)
The World Health Organization estimates that one-third of the world is well-fed, one-third is under-fed one-third is starving (WHO)
One in twelve people worldwide is malnourished, including 160 million children under the age of 5. (UN Food and Agriculture)
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)
One out of every eight children under the age of twelve in the U.S. goes to bed hungry every night. (End to World Hunger)
Malnutrition is implicated in more than half of all child deaths worldwide - a proportion unmatched by any infectious disease since the Black Death (End to World Hunger)
More than 33 million people, including 13 million children, live in households in the US that experience hunger or are at risk for hunger (US Census)
For 7 cents per American per day, hunger could be cut in half in the United States and worldwide by 2015 (Bread for the World)
One in 10 people in the US lives in a household that experiences hunger or the risk of hunger (Bread for the World)
3.1% of US households frequently skip meals or eat too little, sometimes going without food for a whole day (Bread for the World)
7.3% of Americans have lower-quality diets or must resort to seeking emergency food because they cannot afford the food they need (Bread for the World)
1/5 of American food, and estimated 130 lbs per person, ends up in landfills. 49 million people could be fed with our wasted food (USDA)
Millions of children suffer from chronic under-nutrition, the under-consumption of essential nutrients and food energy. The risk of nutrient deficiencies that can lead to serious health problems, including impaired cognitive development, growth failure, physical weakness, anemia and stunting (Tufts University School of Nutrition)
15.8% of Mississippians consider themselves food insecure (OCPP)
MS ranks highest in unemployment (51st), 50th in child poverty rates, 48th in elderly poverty rates, and 49th in food insecurity rates (Food Insecurity Institute)
142,000 households in MS are food insecure or hungry. That’s 428,000 adults and children in MS alone. (Food Insecurity Institute)
17.7% of Mississippians are in poverty (US Census)
In 2004, between 27.5% and 33.8% of LAFAYETTE COUNTY residents were determined to have poverty status (US Census, updated)
Things We Can Do
Hunger Related Websites
Society of St Andrew
UMCOR Hunger
Bread For the World
UNICEF
UNICEF USA
Provide food for the needy just by clicking at hungersite
101 Ways to End Hunger
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
