For the World as a Whole, About How Many People

question 38

Multiple Choice

For the world as a whole, about how many people suffer from chronic hunger that leaves them less able to work and places them at high risk of disease?

• A) 1 billion
• B) 100 million
• C) 1 million
• D) 100,000

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