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UN says hunger stunts some 200 million children

Published: 11.12.09, 00:17 / Israel News

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

 

The head of a UN food agency called on the world to join him in a day of fasting ahead of the summit to highlight the plight of 1 billion hungry people. (AP)

 

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