Rome, 13 July 2020, – More people are going hungry, an annual study by the United Nations has found. Tens of millions have joined the ranks of the chronically undernourished over the past five years, and countries around the world continue to struggle with multiple forms of malnutrition. The latest edition of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World ,…, The hunger numbers explained, In this edition, critical data updates for China and other populous countries [ii] have led to a substantial cut in estimates of the global number of hungry people, to the current 690 million. Nevertheless, there has been no change in the trend. Revising the entire hunger series back to the year 2000 yields the same conclusion: after steadily…, The pandemic’s toll, As progress in fighting hunger stalls, the COVID-19 pandemic is intensifying the vulnerabilities and inadequacies of global food systems – understood as all the activities and processes affecting the production, distribution and consumption of food. While it is too soon to assess the full impact of the lockdowns and other containment measures, the…, Unhealthy diets, food insecurity and malnutrition, Overcoming hunger and malnutrition in all its forms (including undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, overweight and obesity) is about more than securing enough food to survive: what people eat – and especially what children eat – must also be nutritious.  Yet a key obstacle is the high cost of nutritious foods and the low affordability of…, A call to action, The report argues that once sustainability considerations are factored in, a global switch to healthy diets would help check the backslide into hunger while delivering enormous savings. It calculates that such a shift would allow the health costs associated with unhealthy diets, estimated to reach US$ 1.3 trillion a year in 2030, to be almost…, Read the full here and the In-Brief report here:, http://www.fao.org/publications/sofi/en/,   [i] For FAO – Qu Dongyu, Director-General; for IFAD – Gilbert F. Houngbo, President; for UNICEF – Henrietta H. Fore, Executive Director; for WFP – David Beasley, Executive Director; for WHO – Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General. [ii] Updates to a key parameter, which measures inequality in food consumption within societies, have been…

ROME/ NEW YORK, 11 September 2018, – New evidence continues to signal that the number of hungry people in the world is growing, reaching 821 million in 2017 or one in every nine people, according to The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018 released today. Limited progress is also being made in addressing the multiple forms of malnutrition, ranging from child…, The impact of climate variability and extremes on hunger, Changes in climate are already undermining production of major crops such as wheat, rice and maize in tropical and temperate regions and, without building climate resilience, this is expected to worsen as temperatures increase and become more extreme. Analysis in the report shows that the prevalence and number of undernourished people tend to be…, Slow progress on ending all forms of malnutrition , Poor progress has been made in reducing child stunting, the report says, with nearly 151 million children aged under five too short for their age due to malnutrition in 2017, compared to 165 million in 2012. Globally, Africa and Asia accounted for 39 percent and 55 percent of all stunted children, respectively. Prevalence of child wasting remains…, The other side of hunger: obesity on the rise, Adult obesity is worsening, and more than one in eight adults in the world is obese. The problem is most significant in North America, but Africa and Asia are also experiencing an upward trend, the report shows. Undernutrition and obesity coexist in many countries, and can even be seen side by side in the same household. Poor access to nutritious…, Call for action, The report calls for implementing and scaling up interventions aimed at guaranteeing access to nutritious foods and breaking the intergenerational cycle of malnutrition. Policies must pay special attention to groups who are the most vulnerable to the harmful consequences of poor food access: infants, children aged under five, school-aged children…, Key facts and figures, • Number of hungry people in the world in 2017: 821 million or 1 in every 9 people • in Asia: 515 million • in Africa: 256.5 million • in Latin America and the Caribbean: 39 million • Children under 5 affected by stunting (low height-for-age): 150.8 million (22.2%) • Children under 5 affected by wasting (low weight-for-height): 50.5 million (7.5…, Note to editors, The heads of agencies issuing today's report are: José Graziano da Silva, Director-General of FAO; Gilbert F. Houngbo, President of IFAD; Henrietta H. Fore, Executive Director of UNICEF; David Beasley, Executive Director of WFP; and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO. The report is part of tracking progress towards Sustainable…

Impact of droughts see people resort to desperate measures.

© UNICEF/Hatcher-Moore Mary Deya, 28, holds her four-month old daughter Idia Flore in the stabilising centre of the Yei hospital in Yei, South Sudan, ROME/JUBA, 6 November 2017 –, The current harvest season in South Sudan will not end the hunger crisis as conflict persists in most of the country and hyperinflation puts food out of reach for many, according to the updated Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) released today by the Government of South Sudan, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, UN…, Critical levels of malnutrition, Malnutrition has also worsened compared to the same period last year, with surveys showing malnutrition rates in most communities well above the World Health Organization’s emergency threshold of 15 percent, and with more than 30 percent of the population malnourished in several counties. More than 1.1 million children under the age of five are…, Food prices soar, Insecurity continues to hamper food production and disrupt markets. Coupled with a failing economy, this has led to extremely high food prices. Large sacks of staples such as sorghum, maize, and wheat flour have increased in price by up to 281% compared to last year, and were as high as 560% during May, the peak of the lean season. In Juba, a…, Rapid response, Humanitarian teams are facing enormous logistical and security challenges to reach communities in need. FAO has provided fishing, crop- and vegetable-growing kits to more than 4.2 million people, many in difficult to reach or conflict-affected areas, to support them to grow or catch their own food. FAO has also vaccinated more than 4.8 million…, Notes for editors:, Photo and video assets available for download here ., For further information, please contact:, UNICEF, Tim Irwin, UNICEF South Sudan, +211 912 162 888 tjirwin@unicef.org James Elder, UNICEF Nairobi: +254 715 581 222 , jelder@unicef.org Joe English, UNICEF New York, +1 917 893 0692 jenglish@unicef.org, FAO, Lieke Visser, FAO South Sudan, +211 922 001 661 , lieke.visser@fao.org Zoie Jones, FAO Rome, +39 06570 56309 , zoie.jones@fao.org, WFP, Alessandro Abbonizio, WFP South Sudan, Mobile: +211 922 465 561 , alessandro.abbonizio@wfp.org Peter Smerdon, WFP Regional Office Nairobi, Mobile: +254 707 722 104 , peter.smerdon@wfp.org

© UNICEF/LeMoyne A girl has her height recorded at a UNICEF outpatient therapeutic feeding centre at the Balukhali makeshift refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, GENEVA/COX’S BAZAR/NEW YORK, 3 November 2017 –, Preliminary data from a nutrition assessment conducted last week at Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, shows a 7.5 per cent prevalence of life-threatening severe acute malnutrition – a rate double that seen among Rohingya child refugees in May 2017, UNICEF said today. “The Rohingya children in the camp – who have survived horrors…, Notes for editors:, The nutrition assessment was undertaken in partnership with Action Contre la Faim, Save the Children, UNHCR and WFP. The Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta provided technical assistance. To date, the UN-coordinated US$434 million response plan for the Rohingya refugee crisis  is 32 per cent funded Download multimedia materials here: https://…, For more information, please contact:, Jean-Jacques Simon, UNICEF Bangladesh, jsimon@unicef.org , +88 01713043478 Christophe Boulierac, UNICEF Geneva, cboulierac@unicef.org , +41 799 639 244 Joe English, UNICEF New York, jenglish@unicef.org , +1 9178930692

UNICEF/UNI165235/Holt, MOGADISHU, 17 February 2017 , – As a devastating drought grips Somalia, UNICEF and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) are warning that only a massive and immediate scale-up of humanitarian assistance can help the country avoid falling into another catastrophe. The drought that the northern regions have struggled with for the last year has now spread throughout…, About UNICEF, UNICEF has been working in Somalia since 1972, when its first office opened in Mogadishu. Today UNICEF has several offices across the country, including Mogadishu, Baidoa, Garowe and Hargeisa. Together with over 100 international and national NGOs and community-based organizations, UNICEF delivers services in Health, Nutrition, WASH, Education and…, About WFP, WFP is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide, delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience. Each year, WFP assists some 80 million people in around 80 countries. WFP launched its first operation in Somalia in 1967, and this year aims to assist 4.2…

确保几十亿困难群体获取健康膳食，将有助于节省数万亿经济成本

11 septembre 2018, Rome/New York,  – Selon le rapport sur l’Etat de la sécurité alimentaire et de la nutrition dans le monde 2018 , publié aujourd’hui, de nouvelles preuves indiquent que le nombre de personnes souffrant de faim dans le monde est en hausse, avec 821 millions de personnes en 2017, soit une personne sur neuf. Des progrès limités ont également été observés en matière…, Les impacts de la variabilité et des extrêmes climatiques sur la faim, Les changements climatiques compromettent déjà la production de cultures importantes telles que le blé, le riz et le maïs dans des régions tropicales et tempérées et si l’on ne renforce pas la résilience face au climat, la situation devrait s’aggraver, tandis que les températures augmentent et deviennent plus extrêmes. Les analyses proposées dans…, Un faible avancement dans la lutte contre toutes les formes de malnutrition, Selon le rapport, de faibles progrès ont été réalisés en matière de lutte contre les retards de croissance chez l’enfant, avec près de 151 millions d’enfants âgés de moins de cinq ans trop petits pour leur âge, en raison de la malnutrition en 2017. Ils étaient 165 millions en 2012. D’un point de vue mondial, l’Afrique et l’Asie représentent…, L’autre facette de la faim: la hausse de l’obésité, L’obésité chez les adultes s’aggrave et plus d’un adulte sur huit dans le monde est obèse. Le problème est particulièrement grave en Amérique du Nord mais, d’après le rapport, l’Afrique et l’Asie connaissent également une tendance vers la hausse. La sous-alimentation et l’obésité coexistent dans de nombreux pays et peuvent même être vus côte à…, Un appel à agir, Les auteurs du rapport appellent à mettre en œuvre et à intensifier les interventions visant à garantir l’accès à des aliments nutritifs et à briser le cercle intergénérationnel de la malnutrition. Les politiques doivent particulièrement prêter attention aux groupes les plus vulnérables face aux conséquences désastreuses d’un accès limité à l’…, Faits et chiffres marquants, • Nombre de personnes souffrant de la faim dans le monde en 2017: 821 millions, soit 1 personne sur 9 • en Asie: 515 millions • en Afrique: 256.5 millions • en Amérique latine et dans les Caraïbes: 39 millions • Enfants âgés de moins de 5 ans affectés par des retards de croissance (taille insuffisante par rapport à l’âge): 150.8 millions (22.2…, Note aux rédacteurs, Les Chefs des agences qui ont publié aujourd’hui le rapport sont: José Graziano da Silva, Directeur général de la FAO, Gilbert F. Houngbo, Président du FIDA, Henrietta H. Fore, Directrice exécutive de l’UNICEF, David Beasley, Directeur exécutif du PAM et Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Directeur général de l’OMS. Le rapport permet de se rendre compte…

ROMA/ NUEVA YORK, 11 de septiembre de 2018, – Los últimos datos indican que el número de personas que padecen hambre en el mundo continúa en aumento, alcanzando los 821 millones en 2017 -una de cada nueve personas-, según el informe El estado de la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición en el mundo 2018 presentado hoy. También se están logrando avances limitados frente a las múltiples formas…, Impacto de la variabilidad climática y los fenómenos extremos, Los cambios en el clima ya están socavando la producción de algunos cultivos principales como el trigo, arroz y maíz en las regiones tropicales y templadas y, si no se desarrolla resiliencia climática, se espera que la situación empeore a medida que las temperaturas aumentan y se vuelven más extremas. El análisis incluido en el informe indica que…, Progreso lento en eliminar todas las formas de malnutrición, Según el informe, se ha avanzado poco en la reducción del retraso del crecimiento infantil, con casi 151 millones de niños menores de cinco años demasiado bajos para su edad debido a la malnutrición en 2017, en comparación con 165 millones en 2012. A nivel global, África y Asia contaban con el 39 y el 55 por ciento de todos los niños con retraso…, La otra cara del hambre: aumenta la obesidad, La obesidad adulta está empeorando y más de uno de cada ocho adultos en el mundo es obeso. El problema es más acuciante en América del Norte, pero África y Asia también están experimentando una tendencia al alza, según el informe. La subalimentación y la obesidad coexisten en muchos países e incluso pueden darse juntas dentro del mismo hogar. La…, Llamada a la acción, El informe hace un llamamiento para implementar y ampliar las intervenciones dirigidas a garantizar el acceso a alimentos nutritivos y romper el ciclo intergeneracional de la malnutrición. Las políticas deben prestar especial atención a los grupos más vulnerables a las consecuencias negativas de un acceso inadecuado a los alimentos: lactantes,…, Datos y cifras clave, Número de personas que sufren hambre en el mundo en 2017: 821 millones, 1 de cada 9 personas en Asia: 515 millones en África: 256,5 millones en América Latina y el Caribe: 39 millones Niños menores de 5 años afectados por retraso del crecimiento (altura baja para la edad): 150,8 millones (22,2 por ciento) Niños menores de 5 años afectados por…, Nota para periodistas, Los responsables de los organismos que han publicado el informe presentado hoy son: José Graziano da Silva, Director General de la FAO; Gilbert F. Houngbo, Presidente del FIDA; Henrietta H. Fore, Directora Ejecutiva de UNICEF; David Beasley, Director Ejecutivo del PMA; y Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General de la OMS. El informe forma…, Contactos, Zoie Jones, FAO Roma, +39 06 570 56309, +39 331 431 0003, Zoie.Jones@FAO.org Katie Taft, FIDA, +39 334 608 3657 (Roma), k.taft@ifad.org Sabrina Sidhu, UNICEF Nueva York, +1 9174761537, ssidhu@unicef.org Frances Kennedy, PMA Roma, +39 346 7600806, Frances.Kennedy@wfp.org Fadela Chaib, OMS Ginebra, +41 22 791 3228, +41 79 475 5556 , chaibf@who.int…

罗马/纽约，2018年, 9, 月, 11日, ——今日发布的《2018年世界粮食安全和营养状况》报告称，不断有新的证据表明，全球饥饿人数正在上涨，2017年达到8.21亿人，即每九人中就有一人在挨饿。在应对儿童发育迟缓和成人肥胖等多重营养不良问题方面，取得的进展也很有限，这使得数亿人口面临健康风险。 饥饿人数在过去三年持续上升，已重回十年前的水平。这种倒退向我们发出了明确的警告，如果要在2030年前实现“零饥饿”这一可持续发展目标，我们必须紧急开展更多的工作。 南美洲和非洲大部分地区的情形正在恶化，而亚洲的营养不足水平虽然在过去曾一度持续下降，但这一趋势似乎正在显著放缓。 联合国的这一年度报告发现，除冲突和经济增长放缓以外，气候变异及干旱和洪水等极端气候也是造成饥饿人数上升的主要原因，气候变异会对降雨模式和农业季节造成影响。 “…, 气候变异和极端气候对于饥饿的影响, 气候变化已经在破坏热带和温带地区的小麦、水稻和玉米等主要作物的生产，如果不提升气候抵御力，则随着气温上升和变得更为极端，这一情况会变本加厉。 根据该报告中的分析，在极易发生极端气候事件的国家，营养不足的发生率和人数往往越高。而且，若在极端气候事件所影响的地区中，有大部分人口依赖极易受雨量和气温变化影响的农业系统为生，则营养不足的比例更高。 农业种植区的温度异常，持续高于2011-2016年的长期平均值，导致过去五年极端高温天气更为频繁。降雨季节的特征也在发生改变，例如雨季开始较晚或较早，以及同一农业季节内雨量分布不均。 对农业生产的破坏使粮食供应出现短缺，进而导致粮价高涨和收入损失的连锁效应，从而减少了人们获取粮食的机会。, 消除一切形式营养不良的工作进展缓慢, 该报告称，减少发育迟缓儿童的工作进展甚微，2017年，有近1.51亿五岁以下儿童因营养不良而身材矮小，远低于各年龄段的身高标准，而2012年这一数据为1.65亿。全球而言，非洲和亚洲的发育迟缓儿童人数分别占总数的39%和55%。 儿童消瘦的发生率在亚洲仍极高，几乎每十个五岁以下儿童中就有一个体重偏轻，与其身高不符，而相比而言，拉丁美洲及加勒比海的消瘦发生率仅为百分之一。 全球三分之一的育龄妇女受贫血困扰，这对妇女本人及其婴儿均有重大健康和生长影响，该报告指出这是“令人羞愧”的事实。关于育龄妇女的贫血发生率，没有任何区域有下降的迹象，而且非洲和亚洲的发生率接近北美洲的三倍。 非洲和亚洲的纯母乳喂养率是北美洲的1.5倍，后者只有26％的六个月以下婴儿接受纯母乳喂养。, 饥饿问题的另一面：肥胖人数上升, 成人肥胖现象正在加剧，全球超过八分之一的成年人患有肥胖症。这一问题在北美洲最为突出，但非洲和亚洲也在日益加剧，该报告指出。 营养不足和肥胖在很多国家都是同时存在的，甚至可能在同一个家庭内出现。因价格较高而难以获得有营养的食物，因粮食不安全而压力重重，以及对食物匮乏的生理性适应，都解释了为何粮食不安全家庭可能面临较高的超重和肥胖风险。, 行动号召, 该报告号召实施和推广干预措施，以便为人们获得有营养的食物提供保障，并打破营养不良的代际循环。在制定各项政策时，必须特别关注最脆弱的人群：婴儿、五岁以下儿童、学龄儿童、少女和妇女，他们难以承受食物获取困难所带来的有害后果。 与此同时，我们必须实行可持续的转变，过渡至营养敏感型农业和粮食系统，以便为所有人提供安全和优质的食物。 该报告还呼吁加大努力，通过制定政策来宣传气候变化适应与减缓以及灾害风险减少工作，以便建立气候抵御力。, 关键事实和数据, 2017年全球饥饿人数：8.21亿，即每九人中就有一人挨饿   亚洲：5.15亿  非洲：2.565亿  拉丁美洲及加勒比：3900万 五岁以下儿童发育迟缓人数（年龄别身高数值较低）：1.508亿（22.2%） 五岁以下儿童消瘦人数（身高别体重数值较低）：5050万（7.5%） 五岁以下儿童超重人数（身高别体重数值较高）：3830万（5.6%） 育龄妇女受贫血影响的百分比：32.8% 6月龄以下婴儿纯母乳喂养百分比：40.7% 成人肥胖人数：6.72亿（即13%或八分之一的成人） ###, 编者注：, 发布今日报告的联合国机构负责人为：粮农组织总干事若泽·格拉齐亚诺·达席尔瓦（José Graziano da Silva）；国际农业发展基金总裁吉尔伯特·洪博（Gilbert F. Houngbo）；联合国儿童基金会执行主任亨丽埃塔·福尔（Henrietta H. Fore）；世界粮食计划署执行主任戴维·比斯利（David Beasley）；世卫组织总干事谭德塞（Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus）。 该报告是追踪可持续发展目标2——零饥饿实施进展的一部分，该目标旨在到2030年消除饥饿、促进粮食安全和结束一切形式的营养不良。其还追踪了世界卫生大会所列七项全球营养目标中的六项的实施进展。 去年的报告指出了近期饥饿人数上升的三大因素：冲突、气候和经济增长放缓，…, 如需获取更多信息，敬请联系：, Zoie Jones，联合国粮食及农业组织，电话：+39 06 570 56309/+39 331 431 0003（罗马），电子邮件： E-mail zoie.jones@fao.org zoie.jones@fao.org Katie Taft，国际农业发展基金，电话：+39 334 608 3657（罗马），电子邮件： E-mail k.taft@ifad.org k.taft@ifad.org Sabrina Sidhu，联合国儿童基金会，电话：+1 9174761537（纽约），电子邮件： ssidhu@unicef.org Frances Kennedy，世界粮食计划署，电话：+39 346 7600806（罗马），电子邮件： E-mail frances.kennedy@…