Close to a billion people - one-eighth of the world's population

Jonathan Sacks
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Close to a billion people - one-eighth of the world's population - still live in hunger. Each year 2 million children die through malnutrition. This is happening at a time when doctors in Britain are warning of the spread of obesity. We are eating too much while others starve. ✨ Why Fighting Poverty and Hunger Is a Religious Duty by Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 26, 2013.
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