'World Hunger Summit' Called For As Food Prices Hit Poorest Families

The world's poorest families are cutting back on food and sending children out to work in order to survive, according to a survey by Save the Children.
The survey, conducted by the charity in India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru and Bangladesh, provides a snapshot of the hardship that families are facing in countries already experiencing high rates of malnutrition.
Soaring prices for food have left a third of parents saying that their children did not have enough to eat.
One in six said their children were skipping school to work for food.
The children's charity is calling on the UK to help lead a push to reduce hunger and protect children from food price spikes.

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