Starvation Problems Caused by Population Explosion – A U.N. Initiative Could Help Distribute U.S. Surpluses to Countries in Need Each year thousands of people worldwide die from malnutrition and starvation. It is estimated that between twenty and twenty-five percent of the world’s population is not receiving an adequate diet (Kendall, 197). African nations such as Somalia, Sudan, and Mozambique have captured the world’s attention with stories of children who are suffering, if not …showed first 75 words of 713 total…

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