SDG 2: Zero Hunger
Updated: 30 September 2022

Manuela Leporesi
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- People who do not get enough nutritious food, such as fruit, vegetables, legumes, nuts and whole grains, milk, meat and fish, are more likely to get ill
- People who are unable to eat a variety of good food may suffer from certain conditions such as under nutrition or malnutrition
- It is more difficult for a person to earn money through work when they are hungry
- Other nations should help if a country cannot end hunger on its own
- There are human rights related to hunger, for example:
- Right to adequate food
- International cooperation (this means states work together and with other partners such as civil society and global agencies)
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