World food day is a day of action dedicated to tackling global hunger, held annually on 16 October. People around the world come together to declare their commitment to eradicate world wide hunger from our lives.
The theme of World Food Day 2019 is “Our Actions Are Our Future.
Healthy Diets for a "ZeroHunger World". It focuses on tackling global hunger. Due to globalisation, urbanisation and income growth, our diets and eating habits are changed. Instead of seasonal, fibre rich food and plant based food we are shifted to refined, starches, sugar, fats, salt, processed food, meat, etc. It has been seen that in urban areas time spent on preparing food or meals is very less because people these days rely on ready mate food, supermarkets, fast food, street food, etc.
8 Reasons why Zero hunger changes the world
- Zero hunger saves the life of 3.1 million children a year
- Well nourished mothers have a healthier babies with strong immune systems
- Ending child Under nutrition could increase a developing country's GDP by 16.5 %
- A dollar invested in hunger prevention could return between $15-1$39 in benefits
- Proper nutrition early in life could means 46 % more in lifetime earnings
- Eliminating in iron deficiency in a population could boost workplace productivity by 20%
- Ending nutrition related child mortality could increase a workforce by 9.4%
- Zero hunger can help build safer, more prosperous world for everyone.
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