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Iodine deficiency is the greatest single cause of mental retardation and brain damage, affecting 1.9 billion people worldwide. It can easily be prevented by adding iodine to salt.
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Undernutrition contributes to five million deaths of children under five each year in developing countries
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More than 70 percent of the world's underweight children (aged five or less) live in just 10 countries, with more than 50 per cent located in South Asia alone;
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Women make up a little over half of the world's population, but they account for over 60 percent of the world’s hungry.
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One out of four children - roughly 146 million - in developing countries is underweight
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10.9 million children under five die in developing countries each year. Malnutrition and hunger-related diseases cause 60 percent of the deaths;
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Asia and the Pacific region is home to over half the world’s population and nearly two thirds of the world’s hungry people;
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925 million people do not have enough to eat and 98 percent of them live in developing countries.
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65 percent of the world's hungry live in only seven countries: India, China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan and Ethiopia.
