Global Child Malnutrition On The Rise

A boy sits looking over the Seyidka settlement for the famine-stricken internally displaced people in Berkulan, near Somalia's capital Mogadishu, September 6, 2011. Photo: Reuters

Poor Diet Kills 2.6 Million Infants A Year, Says Survey By Save The Children -- The Guardian

Charity calls on David Cameron to host a world hunger summit in London along with 2012 Olympics.

Malnutrition is the root cause of the deaths of 2.6 million children each year, and the bodies and brains of 450 million more will fail to develop properly due to inadequate diet over the next 15 years unless immediate action is taken, according to a survey published on Wednesday by a leading international charity.

The survey of developing countries, A Life Free from Hunger, produced by Save the Children, estimates one in four children are already stunted because of malnutrition.

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More News On 'Save The Children' Report On Child Malnutrition

500m children 'at risk of effects of malnutrition' -- BBC
Study: Malnutrition Causes 2.6 Million Child Deaths Annually -- Voice of America
Malnutrition 'puts 450m children at risk of stunting' -- AFP
The Hunger Epidemic: 300 Children Die Every Hour From Malnutrition as World's Poor Cut Back on Food -- IBTimes
5 children die every minute from malnutrition: Report -- Toronto Star/AP
Study: Malnutrition Causes 2.6 Million Child Deaths Annually -- Voice of America
1 in 4 children malnourished - report -- News24
Special report: The hungry generation -- The Independent
Half A Billion Children At Risk From Malnutrition -- Medical News Today
Half of Indian kids below five underweight: NGO -- Zee News
The silent cost of child malnutrition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo -- The Guardian
Political unrest deepens plight of Yemen children -- Reuters