no spam, unsubscribe anytime. For most of us, hunger is short-
term problem with a simple and foreseeable solution: easy access
to a wide array of food and nutrition choices. But for one-
eighth of all of the people in the world, hunger is a daily,
inescapable reality. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
reports that 868 million people across the world are suffering
from chronic hunger, emphasizing that although it has declined
for the first time in fifteen years, that number remains
"unacceptably high." FAO Director-General Jaques Diouf states:
"The silent hunger crisis affecting humanity poses a serious
risk for world peace and security. We urgently need to forge a
broad consensus on the total and rapid eradication of hunger in
the world and to take the necessary actions." The risk factors
facing malnourished people are dramatic; the results are
catastrophic. Estimates indicate that 53 percent of deaths among
pre-school age children in the developing world are due to
complications caused by malnutriti