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Poverty keeps hungry people from
buying enough food to nourish
themselves. Poverty keeps sick people
from receiving basic medical treatment
or taking simple preventative measures.
The vast majority of these preventable
deaths occur among the poorest
people in the poorest countries.
Countries in which large portions of the population
battles hunger daily are usually poor and often lack the
social safety nets we enjoy; such as soup kitchens, food
stamps, and job training programs. When a family that
lives in a poor country cannot grow enough food or
earn enough money to buy food, there is nowhere to
turn for help.3
Essentially, hunger is the most extreme form of poverty.
Individuals or families cannot afford to meet their most
basic need for food. The problem is that famine and
starvation are not the only ways that hunger becomes
a factor. Most poor people who battle hunger deal
with chronic undernourishment and vitamin or mineral
deficiencies,which result in stunted growth,weakness
and heightened susceptibility to illness.
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