Some 821 million people around the world were hungry in 2017. The world produces enough food to feed everyone, yet one person in nine suffers from chronic hunger. Hunger kills more people every year than malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS combined. Around 45 percent of infant deaths are related to malnutrition. Stunting still affects 155 million children under the age of five years.
- Rich nations waste double the amount needed to end global hunger.
- FAO: about a third of the world's food is lost or thrown away each year, approximately 1.3 billion tonnes, worth nearly $1 trillion.
- If current trends continue, food waste will rise to 2.1 billion tonnes annually by 2030.
- UN: almost half of all fruits, vegetables, roots and tubers produced are wasted.
- Every year, consumers in rich countries waste almost as much food - 222 million tonnes - as the entire net food production of sub-Saharan Africa - 230 million tonnes.
- U.S. consumers waste nearly 1 lb (454 grams) of food per person each day - the equivalent of four portions of chicken
- In Europe, 88 million tonnes of food are wasted annually
- 1.9 billion people – more than a quarter of the world’s population – are overweight. 600 million of these are obese and 3.4 million people die each year due to overweight.
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