The global community’s most authoritative estimates of how many people go hungry in places that are suffering food emergencies exhibit substantial and widespread undercounting. Given other shortcomings in humanitarian response systems, underestimates are understandable.
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Barrett, C.B. Second best underestimates of malnutrition in an era of multiplying food crises. Nat Food 6, 1109–1110 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-025-01274-0
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