A new report from the United Nations says one in eight people around the world does not have enough food. The UN reports that 842 million people suffer from very serious hunger. This is about 12 percent of the world population. This percentage has gone down. It was 17 percent in 1992. The UN says many countries still cannot find ways to feed their people. Africa is the region with the highest number of undernourished(营养不良的) people. The UN says that one in five Africans is undernourished. In over 19 African nations, more than a quarter of the population goes hungry. The UN said 98 percent of the world's hungry people live in developing countries.
The World Food Programme (WFP) explained that undernourishment is not having enough food for an active and healthy life and an inability to meet dietary energy requirements. The WFP said hunger is now the largest risk to people's health around the world. It is a more serious problem than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. One of the biggest reasons for people being hungry is war. The UN said developing countries that have experienced war in the past 20 years have bigger problems feeding their people. Scientists say this situation could get worse because of climate change. Higher temperature in more countries will mean farmers cannot grow enough food, leading to more hunger.
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