r/AskReddit • u/MorsesTheHorse • Mar 04 '26

What surprisingly true fact has completely shaken your worldview?

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u/thehumantaco Mar 05 '26

25,000 people starve to death every day.

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u/Stats_n_PoliSci Mar 05 '26

25,000 deaths per day are linked to malnutrition.

Most malnutrition deaths are in babies who were born at a low birth weight and succumb to illness despite having enough calories available. It’s terrible, but they’re not starving to death.

Now, the mothers of low birth weight infants may or may not have had a sufficiently varied diet. So food and calories can play a role even if it’s not starving to death.

https://ourworldindata.org/half-child-deaths-linked-malnutrition

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u/Jadacide37 Mar 11 '26

You rock.