World Hunger Decreasing, But 1 In 9 People Still Undernourished

ROME, Sept 16 (Reuters) - The number of hungry people in the world has fallen sharply over the past decade but 805 million, or one in nine of the global population, still do not have enough to eat, three U.N. food and agriculture agencies said on Tuesday.

The number of chronically undernourished people dropped by more than 100 million, equivalent to a country the size of the Philippines, according to a report by the United Nations food agency (FAO), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and World Food Program (WFP).

Britain In 2014 Still Has Poor Hospitalised For Malnutrition

Brits are suffering from malnutrition because people simply cannot afford food, experts have warned David Cameron.

Figures released earlier this month by the Health and Social Care Information Centre showed hospital admissions for patients with malnutrition have increased from 5,590 to 6,690 in a one-year period.

Poor health due to poor diet is getting worse because of food poverty, vice president of the Faculty of Public Health, John Middleton, has told the BBC.