Facts About Hunger

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Malnutrition. Clean water. School meals. Food insecurity. – There are many different problems linked together with hunger. Here are some facts and ideas to help you learn more so you can do more! 

• For some people, finding food to eat isn’t easy. The number of people in the world who don’t have enough to eat is greater than the total number of people in the U.S., Canada, and the European Union combined.¹

• Hunger isn’t only in far away places! It can also exist in your state, county, town, city, or neighborhood: About one of every four Americans lives in a home that can’t afford the food it needs on a daily basis.²

• More than ever before, producing and growing enough food for all of the many people in the world will be a bigger challenge in the years ahead.³

• Lunchtime is more than just a break from class! For many children, a school lunch is the only meal they will receive all day, so for lots of kids it’s a big reason to go to school regularly. School lunches are also very important because eating healthy food helps us to be able to grow and learn.⁴

• Vitamins and nutrients are important! Your body can’t grow and stay well unless you eat healthy, fresh foods. Providing 75 children with the Vitamin A they would need for good eye health and immunity costs just $1.50, but getting enough nutrition is still a problem for lots of people because they don’t have access to the right choices.⁵

• When you turn on the tap, it’s easy to forget that not everyone can get healthy and clean water so simply. Without clean water, people get sick more easily. In some places, children must miss school and walk far distances to collect water for their families. Only a very small amount of the water on Earth is drinkable and clean. Remember to do your part to conserve!⁶