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Save The Children 2012 A LIFE FREE FROM HUNGER Tackling child malnutrition
Vital statistics
- 1 in 4 One in four of the world's children are stunted. In developing countries this figure is as high as one in three. That means their body and brain has failed to develop properly because of malnutrition.
- 2.6 million Malnutrition is an underlying cause of the death of 2.6 million children each year – one-third of the global total of children's deaths.
- 80% 80% of stunted children live in just 20 countries.
- 48% 48% of children in India are stunted.
- 0.6 percentage points Global progress on stunting has been extremely slow. The proportion of children who are stunted fell from 40% in 1990 to 27% in 2010 – an average of just 0.6 percentage points per year.
- twice as likely In the poorest countries, the poorest children are two times more likely to be chronically malnourished than their richest counterparts.
- 20% less Adults who were malnourished as children earn at least 20% less on average than those who weren't.
- 1.6 million more Seven countries are projected to see an increase in numbers of stunted children by 2015. Nigeria is projected to have 1.6 million additional stunted children and by 2020 Tanzania is projected to have 450,000 extra stunted children
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