A new UN report suggests that the number of people suffering from hunger has increased during the past three years.
An analysis showed that over 820 million people globally were undernourished in 2017 at the rate of one person in every nine.
Nearly 151 million under-fives – 22% of the global total – have their growth stunted by poor nutrition.
The authors say extreme climate events are partly to blame for the rise and call for urgent global action.
The report tagged, The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, also says difficulties accessing nutritious food is contributing to the growing problem of obesity in the world, with one in eight adults – more than 672 million – being classified as obese.
