Goal 1: Facts

• Every six seconds a child dies because of hunger and related causes (World Food Programme)

• The number of infants in developing countries who are born with low birthweight is 19 million.

• In 2007, 148 million children under age five in the developing world were underweight for their age

• Around 1 in 4 children under five in the developing world are underweight

• Approximately 1 in 2 underweight children in the developing world live in South Asia

• The proportion of infants in the developing world who are exclusively breastfed for the first six months amounts to 40%

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