Half of all the under-nourished children in the world live in South Asia

BBC News:

In total, 27% of children under five in developing countries do not have enough to eat - around 146 million.

In 1990, the figure stood at 32%.

In South Asia, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan account for half of all the world's underweight children. About 47% of under-fives in India are underweight.

Eastern and Southern Africa, where famine regularly occurs, have made little progress - with 29% of children undernourished.

In East Asia, China has reduced the number of underweight children by an average of 6.7% per year since 1990, but other countries in the region are lagging behind.

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