How Serious is Chronic Hunger
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Chronic hunger is defined as missing more than one meal. It is extremely serious that almost one billion people are suffering with hunger. A lot of families in local or in foreign world are struggling with hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition which their bodies would not function properly and prohibits them from improving their lives. It is more serious than the people who cannot consume their nutrition due to environmental disasters. Moreover, chronic hunger inevitably leads to a continuous inheritance of both biological and social status. According to Dr. Francesco Branca, the director of the development department from World Health Organization (WHO) said “stunting-an indicator of chronic under-nutrition-seriously affects growth and development and its effects are irreversible.” Although, if we try to end child under-nutrition, it would prevent 45% of all hunger-related deaths around the world.
Why would they be suffering from chronic hunger? Even though there is enough food for everyone around the globe, a lot of people in impoverished countries who need food the most do not have access to food. To illustrate, dozens of families struggle to get the food that they need due to chronic poverty, poor infrastructure of roads and food storage facilities, war-torn zone, and they rely on farming that can be easily disrupted by natural disaster or climate change. It is somewhat understandable that families in impoverished countries have to depend on their livestock for both food and income, but even that is vulnerable to climate changes. Crucially, drought and increasingly unpredictable rainfall are the most common and serious causes of food shortages.
Chronic Hunger death rate is double the number of people who suffer from AIDS and malaria. Hunger-related diseases increase every year and every 10 seconds, a beautiful and innocent child under the age of five dies because they have not consumed basic nutrients they need to function and survive.
How can we end or at the very least reduce chronic hunger? As many people know, donating to an organization or a cause makes a huge difference. Secondly, learn the facts and spread the word to the people around you. The more people are knowledgeable about these facts, the more that would become involved in the movement to end chronic hunger. Moreover, whether you have the money or not, volunteering is another great way to fight for world hunger to raise awareness of this inescapable issue.