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• Measures to avoid child labour. Child labour and forced or compulsory labour are
violations of fundamental human rights and are obstacles to development. There is
a strong link between poverty and child labour, which can reduce living standards
across generations.
• Examples of good practice: https://www.spolecenskaodpovednost.cz/sdg/chudoba/

SDG 2 - Zero Hunger

The Zero hunger sub-module aims to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition
and promote sustainable agriculture. Malnutrition is a big problem, but developed countries are

fighting the opposite, namely obesity. The aim, therefore, is not only to combat malnutrition, but
also to prevent and treat obesity, which also has an adverse effect on quality of life. An important
aspect of the fight against obesity is that it is preventable. It is important to increase agricultural
production and support small farmers. At the same time, protecting the environment, preventing
natural disasters.

● Facts about zero hunger
• “Hunger is the distress associated with lack of food. The threshold for food

deprivation, or undernourishment, is fewer than 1,800 calories per day. Around the
world, more than enough food is produced to feed the global population—but as
many as 829 million people still go hungry. After steadily declining for a decade, world
hunger is on the rise, affecting nearly 10% percent of people globally. From 2019 to
2022, the number of undernourished people grew by as many as 150 million, a crisis

driven largely by conflict, climate change, and the COVID-19 pandemic. An estimated
14 million children under the age of five worldwide suffer from severe acute
malnutrition, also known as severe wasting, yet only 25 percent of acutely
malnourished children have access to lifesaving treatment.” (ACF-USA, 2022).
• “Worldwide obesity has nearly tripled since 1975. In 2016, more than 1.9 billion
adults, 18 years and older, were overweight. Of these over 650 million were obese.
39 million children under the age of 5 were overweight or obese in 2020.” (WHO,

2021)
• “Most of the world's population live in countries where overweight and obesity kills
more people than underweight. Overweight and obesity are linked to more deaths
worldwide than underweight. Globally there are more people who are obese than
underweight – this occurs in every region except parts of sub-Saharan Africa and

Asia.” (WHO, 2021)

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