WHAT IS ZERO HUNGER?

THE GLOBAL FOOD DAY COMMEMORATED ON OCTOBER 16 EACH YEAR IS A DAY OF

ACTION DEDICATED TO ADDRESSING THE GLOBAL HUNGER. ON THAT DAY PEOPLE
FROM ALL NATIONS UNITED TO DECLARE A COMMITMENT TO ELIMINATE
WORLDWIDE HUNGER FROM OUR LIVES. IN INDONESIA, THE 2019 WORLD FOOD DAY
COMMEMORATION WAS HELD 9-12, OCTOBER 2019 AND CENTERED ON KENDARI,
SOUTHEAST SULAWESI.
FOOD FACTS AROUND THE WORLD
1. More than 800 million, or one in nine
people in the world, are hungry even
though the world produces enough food
to feed everyone. More than 820 million
people across the word suffer from
chronic undernourishment, 60% of
women and nearly five million children
under the age of five die of malnourished Around the world about 151 million
causes every day. children under five years of age suffer
stunted and the trend toward that figure
continues to increase, especially in
2. More surprisingly, one third of all food developed and developing countries.
produced worldwide is lost or wasted. With dozens of cases of obese children
While others are starving, 672 million showing thet there is still less globall.
people are obese and another 1.9 billion
are overweight, which represents more
than one fourth of the world’s population.
At that number, about 3.4 people die each
year from being overweight. Looking at
the numbers shows that the incidence of
deaths due to excess weight is increasing
and more worrisome then the case of
suicide.
HUNGER RATE IN INDONESIA
IN INDONESIA THE HUNGER RATE IS DECLINING. IN 1990-1992 19.7% THEN, IN 2014-2016, FELL TO 7.9%.
THIS IS BECAUSE ECONOMIC GROWTH IS RAPIDLY INCREASING AND THE RATE OF HUNGER IS
DECLINING. DESPITE A DECLINE OF UP TO 5%, INDONESIA IS SAID TO BE SLOW TP REDUCE THE
NUMBER OF UNDERNOURISHED PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN UNDER AGE OF 5. ALMOST 37% OF
INDONESIA TODDLERS STUNTED BY THE LATEST NUTRITIONAL PROBLEMS.

8 THE REASON WHY ZERO HUNGER CHANGED THE WORLD

1. ZERO HUNGER CAN SAVE THE LIVES OF 3.1 MILLION CHILDREN EVERY YEAR
2. MOTHERS WITH GOOD NUTRITION HAVE HEALTHIER BABIES WHO HAVE A STRONGER IMMUNE
SYSTEM
3. ENDING CHILD MALNUTRITION CAN INCREASE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES PBD BY 16.5%
4. A DOLLAR SPENT ON HUNGER PREVENTION COULD YIELD PROFIT BETWEEN 15 AND 139 U.S.
DOLLARS
5. PROPER NUTRITION EARLY IN LIFE CAN MEAN 46% MORE IN A LIFETIME INCOME
6. ELIMINATING IRON DEFICIENCY IN A POPULATION CAN INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY IN THE
WORKPLACE BY 20%
7. ENDING NUTRIENT-RELATED CHILD DEATH CAN INCREASE LABOR BY 9.4%
8. ZERO HUNGER CAN HELP BUILD A SAFER AND SAFER WORLD MORE PROSPEROUS FOR EVERYONE
 4 MAIN ACTION TO FULFILL “ZERO HUNGER”

A. SQUASHED AND STARTED THE MOVEMENT NOT TO WASTE FOOD

B. INCREASING FOOD PRODUCTION

C. IMPLEMENTING A DIET AS WELL AS A HEALTHY DIET

D. URGES ALL COUNTRIES TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM “ZERO HUNGER”

THANK YOU!!!!!