A recent report from the UN indicates a significant rise in global undernourishment, due in part to violent conflict. Even so, “Chronic child malnutrition continues to fall, but at a slower rate in some regions, the report found. Wasting remains a threat to the lives of 52 million children.”

Karen McVeigh, The Guardian, September 15, 2017.

URL: www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/sep/15/alarm-bells-we-cannot-ignore-world-hunger-rising-for-first-time-this-century