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A new report the United Nations says one eight people the world does not have enough food. The U.N. reports that 842 million people suffer very serious hunger. This is 12 per cent the world population. This percentage has gone down. It was 17 per cent 1992. The U.N. says many countries still cannot find ways to feed their people. Africa is the region the highest number undernourished people. The U.N. says that one five Africans is undernourished. In 19 African nations, more than a quarter the population goes hungry. The U.N. said 98 per cent the world's hungry people live developing countries.

The World Food Programme (WFP) explained that undernourishment is "not having enough food an active and healthy life" and an inability to "meet dietary energy requirements". The WFP said hunger is now the largest risk to people's health the world. It is a more serious problem than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. One the biggest reasons for people being hungry is war. The U.N. said developing countries that have experienced war the past 20 years have bigger problems feeding their people. Scientists say this situation could get worse because climate change. Hotter temperatures more countries will mean farmers cannot grow enough food, leading to more hunger.