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Judaism, Hunger, and Vegetarianism
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"Judaism, Hunger, and Vegetarianism
World hunger statistics are staggering: Over 1 billion people, nearly a fifth of the
world's population, are chronically undernourished. Between 700 and 800 million people
lack sufficient income to obtain the basic necessities of life. It has been estimated that
twenty million people die annually due to hunger and its effects, including diseases
brought on by lowered resistance due to malnutrition.
Children are particularly victimized by malnutrition. Three out of four who die due to
hunger are children. In poor countries, over 40 percent of all deaths occur among children
under five years old. Almost 6 percent of the world's children die before their first
birthday. At least 100,000 children annually go blind due to vitamin A deficiency in their
diet. Malnourishment also brings listlessness and reduced capacity for learning and
activities, which perpetuates the legacy of poverty.
Prospects for a reduction in hunger are not good. In his recent book, Tough Choices -
Facing the Challenge of Food Scarcity (W. W. Norton, 1996), Lester R. Brown, President of
the Worldwatch Institute, indicates that a combination of rapidly increasing world
population and affluence, environmental strains, and climate changes have combined to pull
the world's carryover grain stocks to the lowest level ever and to raise wheat and corn
prices to record heights. The Worldwatch institute believes that providing enough food for
the world's rapidly increasing population will be a critical issue facing the world for
many decades.
FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO INCREASING HUNGER
Lester R. Brown and the Worldwatch Institute believe that prospects for feeding the
world's people are worsening for the following reasons:
1. Rapid Population Growth
The world's population is currently increasing by over 80 million people per year. At
this rate the world's po"
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