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Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger |
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129
million The number of under-fives in developing regions who are underweight for their
age is 129 million. |
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19
million The number of infants in developing countries who are born with low birthweight
is 19 million. |
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148 million In 2007, 148 million children under age five in the developing world were underweight for their age. |
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5 The prevalence of underweight children under-five in the developing world has declined by 5 percentage points between 1990 and 2006. |
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1 in 4 Around 1 in 4 children under five in the developing world are underweight |
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1 in 2 Approximately 1 in 2 underweight children in the developing world live in South Asia |
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980 million The number of people living in developing countries living
on less than $1 a day |
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16% The proportion of infants in developing countries
who are born weighing less than 2,500 grams |
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20% The proportion of decline of children who are
underweight globally |
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38 million The number of newborns who are not protected from iodine
deficiency |
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1 of 3 The proportion of children under five in developing
countries who are stunted
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4 times The increase in the proportion of children fully protected
with two doses
of vitaminA |
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40% The proportion of infants in the developing world
who are exclusively breastfed for the first six months |
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14.1% The proportion of people living on less than $1 a
day in Eastern Asia in 2002 - down from 33.0% in 1990 |
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824 million The number of people in the developing world affected by
chronic hunger in 2003 |
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