Ending Hunger | Fighting Obesity

The Facts

To help put the challenge in perspective, review some of the industry statistics on Poverty and Obesity.

Poverty

Half the world - nearly 3 billion people - live on less than two dollars a day.

The poorest 40% of the worlds population accounts for 5 percent of global income. The richest 20% accounts for three-quarters of world income.

According to UNICEF, 26,500 to 30,000 children die each day due to poverty.

Around 27 to 28 percent of all children in developing countries are estimated to be underweight or stunted.

Obesity

58 Million Americans are Overweight; 40 Million Obese; 3 Million morbidly Obese

Eight out of 10 Americans over 25's are Overweight

78% of American's not meeting basic activity level recommendations, 25% completely Sedentary

There has been a 76% increase in Type II diabetes in adults 30-40 yrs old since 1990

Get Involved

aPortion.org is still in development, so we value your thoughts on the effort and how it can be improved.

We are in the process of building an advisory board that will play a key role in development. If you have a willingess to help shape the future of aPortion, we want to hear from you!

aPortion.org is pursuing 501c3 status but we are not a registered non-profit yet. If you would still like to support the effort we would welcome any support, either financial or in-kind.

A First Steps Consulting Project