Hunger, Food Security, and Sovereignty: A Need for Evidence-Based Public Health Approaches to Meet Sustainable Development Goals

Hunger remains one of the twenty-first century's most critical public health concerns and only worsens. About 800 million people worldwide suffer from hunger and food insecurity, and 1 in 9 people sleep hungry because of food insecurity, inadequate finances to purchase food or a lack of equitable access to food [1]-more than 110 million people need food and nutrition In particular, hunger and food insecurity are associated with poor academic and behavioral performance in children and are responsible for more than 50% of all fatalities in children under five Without adequate public health methods, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to abolish global hunger by 2030 seem impossible. Theoretical concepts can slowly eradicate hunger, but evidence-based public health (EBPH) will prove efficient and guarantee food security.