Rome: Nearly 200 million children in poor countries have stunted growth because of insufficient nutrition, according to a new report published by Unicef before a three-day international summit on the problem of world hunger.

BHUBANESWAR: UK

He Changchui

The Third World Summit on Food Security will be held next week in Rome -- from November 16 to 18
NEVER IN THE history of mankind have so many people been so hungry. Despite rapid development, modern technology and burgeoning international trade, today an estimated 1.02 billion people around the world are wanting for food.

More than one-fifth of Indians are still undernourished in terms of simple energy and protein intake, despite an increase in per capita availability of food commodities, Union Minister for Agriculture Sharad Pawar said here on Friday.

Being underweight in childhood, high blood pressure, unsafe sex, alcohol use and lack of clean water and sanitation have been cited as being responsible for a quarter of the 60 million deaths estimated to occur annually. According to a new World Health Organisation report, addressing these factors could increase life expectancy by nearly five years.