HUMAN NUTRITION

Detailed explanation-1: -In 2020, between 720 million and 811 million persons worldwide were suffering from hunger, roughly 161 million more than in 2019. Also in 2020, a staggering 2.4 billion people, or above 30 per cent of the world’s population, were moderately or severely food-insecure, lacking regular access to adequate food.

Detailed explanation-2: -16.6% of the world’s population is undernourished. Undernourishment or Chronic Hunger is a state, lasting for at least one year, of inability to acquire enough food, defined as a level of food intake insufficient to meet dietary energy requirements. This means that 1 in 6 people are hungry.