After steadily declining for over a decade global hunger is on the rise again affecting 815 million people in 2016 or 11 per cent of the global population says a new edition of the annual United Nations report on world food security and nutrition released today At the same time multiple forms of malnutrition are threatening the health of millions worldwide The increase 38 million more people than the previous year is largely due to the proliferation of violent conflicts and climate related shocks according to The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2017