5 children starve to death every minute

Five children around the world die every minute because of chronic malnutrition, according to a report that also said almost half a billion children are at risk of permanent damage over the next 15 years.

A report from Save the Children said the deaths of two million children each year could be prevented if malnutrition were better addressed. The report called chronic malnutrition a largely hidden crisis that affects one-in-four children.

Global hunger has fallen markedly over the last two decades, but the 2011 Global Hunger Index found that six countries have higher rates of hunger today than two decades ago.