BEIJING, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- China has made progress in reducing undernourishment, but worldwide hunger and malnutrition are on the rise, according to a report released by the United Nations (UN) in Beijing. The annual report finds the numbers of hungry people reached 821 million in 2017, ...
ROME (AP) — The United Nations on Monday lamented a “dramatic worsening” of world hunger last year, saying much of that is likely connected to the pandemic, and it urged billions of dollars to save millions of people from starving. A report issued jointly by five U.N. agencies said...
an increase of about46 millionsince 2020 and150 millionsince the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic (1), according to a United Nations report that provides fresh evidence that the world is moving further away from its goal of ending hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms...
According to the report, trends are not yet moving in the right direction to end hunger and food insecurity by 2030, and the indicators of progress towards global nutrition targets similarly show that the world is not on track to eliminate all forms of malnutrition, with billions of people sti...
ROME/NEW YORK, 12 July 2021 –There was a dramatic worsening of world hunger in 2020, the United Nations said today – much of it likely related to the fallout of COVID-19. While the pandemic’s impact has yet to be fully mapped[1],a multi-agency report estimates that around a tenth...
Around 149 million of the world's children currently suffer from hunger-related growth delays. At the same time, the UN report notes that obesity and excess weight are both on the rise in all regions, with school-age children and adults particularly affected. ...
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As a recent UN (联合国) report said, the world is going through the worst food crisis (危机) in 50 years and almost 690 million people in the world are not in good health. China has worked hard to stop food waste in order to reach the UN’s goal — Zero Hunger in 2030. Though...
Hunger appears to be increasing in almost all of Africa and in South America, with 821 million people - one in nine - going hungry in 2017, according to the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018 report. Climate and finance crises could leave 600 million hungry by 2030 ...
After decades of steady decline, the trend in world hunger, as measured by the prevalence of undernourishment, reverted in 2015, said "The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2019" report launched at the UN headquarters in New York. ...